The Board of Supervisors may, from time to time, supplement, change, modify or repeal this chapter, including the Zoning Map, by amending the chapter in accordance with the provisions of Article
VI of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code and this article.
Notice of any hearing to be held by the Board
of Supervisors on a proposed amendment shall be given as follows:
A. By publishing a notice thereof, not more than 30 days
and not less than seven days in advance of such hearing, once each
week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation
in the Township.
B. By mailing a notice thereof to every resident or association
of residents of the Township who shall have registered their names
and addresses for this purpose with Zoning Hearing Board for the current
year.
C. Where the proposed amendment involves a Zoning Map
change, notice of the public hearing shall be mailed at least 30 days
prior to the date of the hearing by first class mail to the addresses
to which real estate tax bills are sent for all real property located
within the area being rezoned, as evidenced by tax records.
D. The notices shall state the time and place of the
hearing and the particular nature of the proposed amendment. Full
opportunity to be heard will be given to any citizen and all parties
in interest attending such hearing.
E. Proposed zoning amendments shall not be enacted unless notice of proposed enactment is given in the manner required in Subsections
A through
D above and shall include the time and place of the meeting at which passage will be considered and a reference to a place within the municipality where copies of the proposed ordinance or amendment may be examined without charge or obtained for a charge not greater than the cost thereof. The Board of Supervisors shall publish the proposed ordinance or amendment once in one newspaper of general circulation in the municipality not more than 60 days nor less than seven days prior to passage. Publication of the proposed ordinance or amendment shall include either the full text thereof or the title and a brief summary setting forth all the provisions in reasonable detail. If the full text is not included:
(1) A copy thereof shall be supplied to a newspaper of
general circulation at the time the public notice is published; and
(2) An attested copy of the proposed ordinance shall be
filed in the Chester County Law Library or other county office designated
by the County Commissioners, who may impose a fee no greater than
that necessary to cover the actual costs of storing said ordinances.
F. In the event substantial amendments are made in the
proposed ordinance or amendment, before voting upon enactment, the
governing body shall, at least 10 days prior to enactment, readvertise,
in one newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, a brief
summary setting forth all the provisions in reasonable detail, together
with a summary of the amendments.