[Adopted 7-14-2008 by Ord. No. 467]
The proper officers of the Township are hereby
authorized and directed to execute and deliver on behalf of the Township
the intergovernmental cooperation implementation agreement (the "agreement"),
in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit "A,"[1] with respect to the implementation of the aforementioned
Regional Comprehensive Plan dated June 2005 for Coolbaugh Township,
Tobyhanna Township, Tunkhannock Township and the Borough of Mount
Pocono.
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is on file in the
Township offices.
The agreement shall be valid, effective and
enforceable for and against all parties thereto for an indefinite
term. Each party to the agreement may, upon the requisite ninety-day
written notice to the other parties, withdraw from the agreement.
Each participating municipality shall be required to adopt a resolution
authorizing each withdrawal.
The agreement is intended to authorize the participating
municipalities to implement the above-referenced Regional Comprehensive
Plan for Coolbaugh Township, Tobyhanna Township, Tunkhannock Township
and the Borough of Mount Pocono. The participating municipalities,
by way of the agreement, intend to and have agreed to amend their
respective ordinances to be consistent with the aforementioned Plan.
The agreement permits each participating municipality
to review and provide advisory comments on pending subdivision and
land development plans within the other participating municipalities.
The participating municipalities may also review and comment on proposed
subdivision and land development ordinance that are being considered
for adoption by the other participating municipalities. The agreement
requires each participating municipality to notify the other participating
municipalities of all pending subdivision and/or land development
plans of regional significance within said municipalities and further
requires the participating municipalities to notify all other participating
municipalities of subdivision and land development ordinances that
are being considered for adoption.
The agreement states that all of the participating
municipalities shall maintain their own planning commission and zoning
hearing board and may either maintain their own subdivision and land
development and zoning ordinances, or may adopt said ordinances jointly
with other participating municipalities.
The agreement requires the Plan to be reviewed
and/or updated at least once every 10 years.
The proper officers of the Township are hereby
authorized and directed to take all such actions, execute, deliver,
file and/or record all such documents, publish all notices and otherwise
comply with the provisions of this article and the Act insofar as
the transaction contemplated by this article, in the name and on behalf
of the Township.
