[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Upper Frederick 10-10-1974 by Ord. No. 74-3.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
All appeals to the Board of Supervisors shall be made in accordance
with the procedures and conditions set forth in this chapter, which shall
be in addition to any and all procedures, requirements and authorizations
contained in relevant state laws, county and Township ordinances and regulations.
The requirements of this chapter shall also apply to and shall be deemed
to authorize appeals from any order granting or denying applications for any
sanitary sewage disposal system permit, use or occupancy permit, or other
permit authorized by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or County of Montgomery
to be issued by this Township.
All appeals shall be upon forms prescribed officially by the Board of
Supervisors and shall be supplied by the Secretary upon request of the party
undertaking an appeal.
Every such appeal shall specify in legible printing or typewritten letters
the name or names, legal residence and post office address, the nature and
purpose of the application that was granted or denied and a statement of the
facts alleged, the reasons and the provisions of law constituting the basis
for the appeal.
The original appeal form only need be signed by the appellant and such
signature witnessed by one person, but four additional conformed or identical
copies shall be filed with the original appeal, plus copies for all other
persons known to appellant to have a justifiable interest in the appeal.
The appeal shall be filed with the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors,
but if the Chairman is away from the Township, or is ill or otherwise incapacitated,
the appeal shall be filed with the Township Secretary. Copies shall be mailed
forthwith to each of the Township Supervisors, Solicitor, Secretary and all
other interested parties.
[Amended 10-14-1976 by Ord. No. 76-2; 8-13-1998
by Ord. No. 98-4]
Appellant shall pay concurrently with the filing of the appeal a fee,
in an amount to be established from time to time by resolution of the Board
of Supervisors, by certified or cashier's check or postal money order payable
to the Township Treasurer. This charge is intended to cover all costs incidental
to the said appeal and any balance remaining after payment of said costs shall
be returned to the appellant. An additional charge, in an amount to be established
from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors, shall be required
of and paid by the appellant for each hour or fraction thereof for any hearing
taking more than 90 minutes, and a fee, in an amount established from time
to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors, for each appeal hearing
continued at the request of the appellant.
The Board reserves the option at its discretion to remit all or part
of such appeal fees.
