[Ord. 1914, 3/12/2001, § 1]
Borough of Pottstown shall join with the municipalities of Douglass
Township, West Pottsgrove Township, Upper Pottsgrove Township, Lower
Pottsgrove Township, New Hanover Township and North Coventry Township
to create the Pottstown Area Regional Planning Commission as per the
guidelines set forth in Article XI of the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Code, Act 247, as amended, August 2000. Each participating municipality
shall appoint two members. The term of each member shall be two years.
[Ord. 1914, 3/12/2001, § 2]
The seven municipalities of the Pottstown Area have come to
recognize that the issues associated with growth and development,
such as, but not limited to, traffic congestion, air and water pollution
and loss of open space are too large for any one municipality to deal
with. They further recognize that current growth, and anticipated
growth, if not properly managed will lead to the diminution of the
region's quality of life. They are concerned that current zoning requirements
which call for each and every municipality to provide for a full range
of uses, regardless of historic development patterns, is inefficient
and potentially destructive to the region's economic and social structure.
To this end, the seven municipalities of the Pottstown Area hereby
embark on a course of action to implement regional planning. Borough
of Pottstown empowers the Pottstown Area Regional Planning Commission
to undertake the development of a Joint Municipal Comprehensive Plan
that shall encompass the seven municipalities of the Pottstown Area.
[Ord. 1914, 3/12/2001, § 3]
The Pottstown Area Regional Planning Commission shall have the
responsibilities to prepare a Joint Municipal Comprehensive Plan for
the seven participating municipalities of the Pottstown Area. To this
end, the power and duties of the Commission are as follows:
A.
To prepare a Joint Municipal Comprehensive Plan pursuant to Article
XI of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.
B.
That in the preparation of the Joint Municipal Comprehensive Plan,
the members of the Commission shall represent the interests of their
respective municipalities and shall cast one vote per municipality
on all matters that require action.
C.
The recommendation of the Commission shall be advisory only.
[Ord. 1914, 3/12/2001, § 4]
Any participating municipality may withdraw from the Regional
Planning Commission after six months formal notice. Upon receiving
notice that a municipality wishes to withdraw from the Planning Commission,
the governing bodies of the remaining municipalities shall promptly
schedule a meeting to consider whether the remaining municipalities
wish to continue with the Regional Planning Commission.
