[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Tredyffrin as Ch. I, Art. 1, § 103, of
the 1979 General Laws of the Municipality of Tredyffrin. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Amended 12-16-2013 by Ord. No. HR-401]
The Township Planning Commission shall consist
of seven members. Members of the Planning Commission shall be appointed
by the Supervisors of Tredyffrin Township for four-year terms, or
until their successors are appointed and qualified, except that the
terms of the members newly appointed at the time of adoption of this
chapter shall be so fixed that no more than two shall be reappointed
or replaced during any future calendar year. The members of the existing
Planning Commission shall continue in office until the end of the
term of which they are appointed; their successors shall be appointed
as provided herein. If a vacancy shall occur otherwise than by expiration
of term, it shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term
according to the terms of this chapter. The Chairman of the Planning
Commission shall promptly notify the Board of Supervisors concerning
vacancies in the Commission. All members of the Commission shall reside
within the Township and shall serve without compensation but may be
reimbursed for necessary expenses.
The Township Planning Commission shall elect
its own Chairman and create and fill such other offices as it may
determine. The Commission may make and alter rules for its procedure
consistent with the ordinances of the township and the laws of the
commonwealth. It shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions,
findings and determinations, which records shall be a public record.
The Board of Supervisors shall appropriate from the general township
funds such money as may be necessary and may be available for the
work of the Planning Commission in the year in which the appropriation
is made. The Planning Commission may appoint such employees and staff
as it may deem necessary for its work and may contract with planners
and other consultants for such technical services as it may require
upon authorization of the Board of Supervisors. These and other expenditures
as may be necessary and proper shall be within the amount appropriated
for the purpose by the Board of Township Supervisors or placed at
the Commission's disposal from other sources.
A.
The Planning Commission shall prepare and adopt a
plan of development for the township. It shall file an annual report.
It shall be the duty of the Planning Commission to make or cause to
be made and to lay before the Township Supervisors maps and plans
for the township, or any portion thereof, showing the street, highway
and other natural and artificial features and also any locations recommended
by it for any new public buildings, civic schemes, parkways, parks,
playgrounds and any other public grounds or public improvements and
any widening, extensions or relocation of the same, and thereafter
from time to time the Planning Commission may lay before the Township
Supervisors any modification, change or supplement to any prior plan
or plans. The Planning Commission may also make recommendation to
the Township Supervisors with respect to any and all matters and things
referred to in this section and in so doing shall have regard for
the present conditions and future needs and growth of the township.
B.
Any maps or plans so submitted shall not be effective
unless regularly approved and adopted by ordinance or resolution of
the Township Supervisors and, after such approval and adoption, shall
be subject to revision and change from time to time as the Township
Supervisors may deem expedient.
[Amended 10-19-1998 by Ord. No. HR-278]
The Board of Supervisors may establish as the
Official Map of the township any part of the development plan established
by ordinance and such revision thereto by resolution in accordance
with Section 209.1 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10209.1.
The Township Supervisors may, at their discretion from time to time, submit to the Planning Commission any question or proposal relating to any of the matters or things referred to in § 43-4 or any other matter or thing relating to the growth or development of the township, including any plans for the development of any particular section of the township, and it shall be the duty of the Planning Commission in due course to make a report with respect to any such question or proposal with its recommendation thereon, particularly with matters thereon of land subdivision or zoning.
[Amended 10-19-1998 by Ord. No. HR-278]
The Planning Commission shall have all other
powers and duties provided by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning
Code (53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.).
