The Board of Supervisors may from time to time, after public
notice and hearing as hereinafter prescribed, amend, supplement, change
or repeal this chapter, including the Zoning Map. Any amendment, supplement,
change or repeal may be initiated by the Township Planning Commission,
by the Board of Supervisors or by a petition to the Board of Supervisors.
Such amendment, supplement, change or repeal shall be submitted to
the Township and the County Planning Commissions for their recommendations.
When an amendment, supplement, change or repeal is initiated
by the Township Planning Commission, the proposal shall be presented
to the Board of Supervisors, which shall then proceed in the same
manner as with a petition to the Board of Supervisors which has already
been reviewed by the Township Planning Commission.
When an amendment, supplement, change or repeal is initiated
by the Board of Supervisors, it shall submit the proposal to the Township
and County Planning Commissions for review and recommendations.
The petition for amendment, supplement, change or repeal shall
contain as fully as possible all the information requested by the
Zoning Officer, shall include an accurate legal description and surveyed
plan of any land to be rezoned and shall be signed by at least one
record owner of the property in question whose signature shall be
notarized attesting to the truth and correctness of all the facts
and information presented in the petition. A fee to be established
by the Board of Supervisors shall be paid upon the filing of such
petition for change and for the purpose of defraying the costs of
the proceedings prescribed herein. The petitioner shall also pay any
fee required by the Lancaster County Planning Commission for the review
of the proposed amendment, supplement, change or repeal.
The Township shall provide proposed amendments to this chapter
or the Zoning Map to the Township Planning Commission and the Lancaster
County Planning Commission for review and comment in accordance with
the requirements of the Municipalities Planning Code.
The Board of Supervisors shall fix a time and place for a public
hearing at which parties of interest and citizens shall have an opportunity
to be heard. Notice of such public hearing shall be given in accordance
with the requirements of the Municipalities Planning Code.
At the time and place specified, the Board of Supervisors shall
conduct a hearing on said petition to amend, supplement, change or
repeal this chapter or the Zoning Map of the Township and shall thereafter
either reject the proposed change or adopt an ordinance implementing
the proposed change. The Board of Supervisors may adjourn said hearing
in its discretion to a time and place certain.
Whenever there has been a change in the boundary of a zoning
district or a reclassification of the zoning district adopted in accordance
with the above, the change on the official map shall be made and shall
be duly certified by the Township Secretary and shall thereafter be
refiled as part of the permanent records of the Township.
If a landowner desires to file a curative amendment to challenge
the validity of this chapter or the Zoning Map, such curative amendment
shall contain all information required by the Municipalities Planning
Code and shall be accompanied by the required fee. No curative amendment
application shall be considered complete without payment of the required
fee. The Board of Supervisors shall refer the curative amendment for
review and comment to the Township Planning Commission and the Lancaster
County Planning Commission as required by the Municipalities Planning
Code and shall provide notice of, conduct hearings, and render a decision
in accordance with the requirements of the Municipalities Planning
Code.[1]
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Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
