[Ord. 703, 4/14/2011, § 1]
There is hereby created, effective immediately, a Blighted Property
Review Committee (the "Committee"), as authorized and described in
§ 1712.1 of the Pennsylvania Urban Redevelopment Law (35
P.S. § 1712.1), to address the removal of blighted property.
The Committee shall consist of five members, including those representatives
as specified by the Act.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: According to the preamble of Ord. 703, the
"Act" refers to 35 P.S. § 1701 et seq.
[Ord. 703, 4/14/2011, § 2]
Four members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board
of Supervisors and shall include the following: one member of the
Board of Supervisors, one representative from the Warminster Township
Planning Commission, and two members appointed by the Board of Supervisors,
at its discretion. One member of the Committee shall be appointed
by the Redevelopment Authority of Bucks County.
[Ord. 703, 4/14/2011, § 3]
Each member of the Committee shall serve a staggered term, beginning
with the date of his or her appointment and ending on December 31
of the termination year. The initial 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. Vacancies shall be filled within 120
days by the Board of Supervisors or the Redevelopment Authority in
accordance with their respective authority to appoint members of the
Committee. However, each member shall continue in office after expiration
of the term until a successor has been appointed. Their successors
shall serve for a term of four years. An appointment to fill a vacancy
shall be only for the unexpired portion of the term.
[Ord. 703, 4/14/2011, § 4]
The Blighted Property Review Committee shall have the power
and authority to operate under the Act to provide for the designation,
certification and removal of blighted property as defined in the Act,
to operate in conjunction with and cooperation with the Redevelopment
Authority of Bucks County, in order to bring about the acquisition
of blighted property by the exercise of eminent domain or otherwise,
as authorized by the Act, and elimination of blighted property within
the Township. To this end, the Committee shall have all power and
authority to do such acts and deeds as are necessary and appropriate
to carry out the goals of the Act and this Part 2F.
[Ord. 703, 4/14/2011, § 5]
Notice of the determination by the Committee that a property
is blighted property within the meaning of the Act shall be given
to the owner of the property or his agent. Such notice shall include
a copy of the Committee's resolution certifying the property to be
blighted, together with or including an order from the Committee to
the owner directing the elimination of the blighted conditions of
the subject property. Such notice shall be delivered to the property
owner:
1.
By personal
service; or
2.
By certified
mail, return receipt requested; or
3.
By posting
a copy of the Committee's resolution and/or order at the subject property
and filing a written notice with the local Magisterial District Court
having jurisdiction over the property within 10 business days from
the date of service.
