A. 
A Board of Historical Architectural Review, hereafter referred to as HARB, is hereby established, to be composed of not less than five and not more than 11 members, the exact number to be established by Council by resolution from time to time. The members of the HARB shall be appointed by the Borough Council. The membership of HARB shall be as follows:
(1) 
One member shall be a registered architect;
(2) 
One member shall be a licensed real estate broker;
(3) 
One member shall be a building inspector; and
(4) 
The remaining members shall be persons with demonstrated interest, knowledge, ability, experience or expertise in restoration, historic rehabilitation, or neighborhood conservation or revitalization who have interest in the preservation of the Historic District or who are property owners who reside in the District.
B. 
The HARB shall initially have five members, and the terms of the first members shall be so fixed that no more than two members shall be replaced or reappointed during any one calendar year. However, every member shall continue in office after expiration of the term until a successor has been appointed. Their successors shall serve for a term of three years. The position of any member of HARB appointed in his or her capacity, such as a registered architect, a licensed real estate broker or a building inspector, who ceases to be so engaged or licensed, shall be automatically considered vacant. An appointment to fill a vacancy shall be only for the unexpired portion of the term.
C. 
It shall be the duty of each HARB member to remain conscious of and sensitive to any possible conflict of interest (including but not limited to financial considerations) that may arise by virtue of his or her membership on the Board. A member, promptly upon his or her determining that he or she has a conflict himself or herself relative to any matter brought, shall disqualify himself or herself from participating, in any manner, publicly or privately, in the presentation, discussion or deliberation of and the voting on any such manner, including temporarily absenting himself or herself from the room in which the discussion is being held.
A. 
Advisory role. HARB shall give recommendations to the Borough Council regarding the advisability of issuing any certificate of appropriateness required to be issued in accordance with the said Act of June 13, 1961, as amended,[1] and this chapter. In addition, the HARB shall review and make recommendations regarding any plans voluntarily submitted by any Borough resident or property owner for the erection, alteration, restoration, reconstruction, demolition or razing of any building or structure within the Borough that such Borough resident or property owner desires to perform with sensitivity to historic preservation.
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Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 8001 et seq.
B. 
Board rule-making power. HARB may make and alter rules and regulations for its own organization and procedure, provided that they are consistent with the laws of the commonwealth and all provisions of this chapter.
C. 
Removal of members. Any Board member may be removed for misconduct or wrongdoing, unlawful execution of this Act, or failure to perform his or her responsibilities pursuant to this Act or this chapter, or for other just cause by a majority vote of the Borough Council, but not before he or she has been given the opportunity of a hearing to defend to any alleged infractions of said Act.
D. 
Annual reports. The Chairman of the HARB shall make an annual report to the Borough Council, which shall include, as applicable:
(1) 
Any recommendations for changes in the chapter;
(2) 
The number and types of cases reviewed;
(3) 
The number of cases for which a certificate of appropriateness was approved or denied;
(4) 
Number of HARB meetings which each member attended;
(5) 
Historic preservation-related training which each member attended;
(6) 
A narrative summary describing the state of preservation in the Historic District with recommendations in policy, goals, and objectives for Borough Council consideration.
E. 
Compensation. HARB members shall not be paid. The HARB may employ secretarial and professional assistance, and incur other necessary expenses, with the approval of the Borough Council.
F. 
Meetings. The HARB shall meet publicly at least once a month at regularly scheduled intervals. Further, the HARB may hold any additional meetings it considers necessary to carry out its powers and duties indicated in this chapter. Such meetings shall be opened to the public. A majority of HARB members shall constitute a quorum, and action taken at any meeting shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present.
In addition to the above, HARB shall have the following powers and duties:
A. 
To conduct a survey of buildings, structures, objects and monuments for the purpose of determining those of historic and/or architectural significance and pertinent facts about them; action in coordination with the Borough Planning Commission, Zoning Hearing Board, and other appropriate groups to maintain and periodically revise the detailed listings (resource inventories) of historic resources and data about them, appropriately classified with respect to national, state and local significance in accordance or consistent with the Pennsylvanian Historical and Museum Commission's "Cultural Resource Management in Pennsylvania: Guidelines for Historic Resource Surveys."
B. 
To propose, from time to time as deemed appropriate, the establishment of additional historic districts and revisions to existing historic districts.
C. 
To formulate recommendations concerning the establishment of an appropriate system of markers for selected historic and/or architectural sites and buildings, including proposals for the installation and care of such historic markers.
D. 
To formulate recommendations concerning the preparation and publication of maps, brochures and descriptive material about the Borough's historical and/or architectural sites and buildings.
E. 
To cooperate with and advise the Borough Council in matters involving historically and/or architecturally significant sites and buildings (such as appropriate land usage, parking facilities and signs, as well as adherence to lot dimensional regulations and minimum structural standards).
F. 
To cooperate with and enlist assistance from the National Park Service, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Preservation Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvanian Historical and Museum Commission and other agencies, public and private, from time to time, concerned with the preservation of historic sites and buildings.
G. 
To advise owners of historic buildings regarding rehabilitation, repairs, maintenance methods and technologies, adaptive use, economic and tax incentives and other historic preservation strategies.
H. 
To promote public interest in the purpose of this chapter by carrying on educational and public relations programs.