A Township Planning Commission, to be known as the "Brighton Township
Planning Commission," is hereby created and established in accordance with
the Municipalities Planning Code.
All of the members of the Planning Commission shall be residents of
Brighton Township. No more than two members of the Planning Commission shall
be officers or employees of Brighton Township.
Any member of the Planning Commission once qualified and appointed may
be removed from office for malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance in office
or for other just cause by a majority vote of the Supervisors of Brighton
Township taken after the member has received 15 days' advance notice
of the intent to take such a vote. A hearing shall be held in connection with
the vote if the member shall request it in writing.
The Planning Commission shall elect its own Chairman, Vice Chairman
and Secretary and create and fill such other offices as it may determine.
Officers shall serve annual terms and may succeed themselves. The Planning
Commission may make or alter bylaws, rules and regulations to govern its procedures
consistent with the ordinances of Brighton Township and the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania. The Planning Commission shall keep a full record of its business
and shall make a written report by March 1 of each year of its activities
to the Supervisors of Brighton Township.
The Supervisors of Brighton Township may employ administrative and technical
services to aid in carrying out the provisions of this chapter either as consultants
on particular matters or as regular employees of Brighton Township.
The Brighton Township Planning Commission may, with the consent of the
Supervisors of Brighton Township, accept and utilize any funds, personnel
or other assistance made available by Beaver County, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
or the federal government or any of their agencies or from private sources.
The Supervisors of Brighton Township may enter into agreements or contracts
regarding the acceptance or utilization of the funds or assistance in accordance
with the governmental procedures of Brighton Township.