[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Munhall 7-14-1992 by Ord. No. 1350. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby created, effective immediately, a Committee pursuant to the Act providing for blighted vacant property removal (Urban Redevelopment Law, June 23, 1978, P.L. 556, No. 94),[1] consisting of at least four members as specified by the Act and known as the "Vacant Property Review Committee."
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Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 1701 et seq.
One member shall be a member of the Council of the Borough designated by resolution of Borough Council. One member shall be a representative of the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County as designated by said Authority. One member shall be a representative of the Borough Planning Commission, or appropriate similar entity, as designated by said Commission. One member shall be designated by the chief executive officer of the Borough.
The initial members of the Vacant Property Review Committee shall serve for a term ending two years from the date of enactment of this chapter. Thereafter, successors shall be appointed for terms of two years. Vacancies shall be filled by the appointment of a member by the respective body or officer authorized by the Act and this chapter to make appointments, and members appointed to fill vacancies shall serve until the expiration of the then remaining unexpired term.
The Vacant Property Review Committee shall have 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 cooperate with the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County in bringing about the acquisition, by the exercise of eminent domain or otherwise, as authorized by the Act, and elimination of blighted property within the Borough; and, to this end, said 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 of this chapter.
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, together with or including an order from the Committee to the owner directing the elimination of the conditions, by personal service of the Committee's notification upon the owner or by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by posting a copy of the Committee's resolution in a conspicuous place on the property. The owner or his agent shall have the right to appeal from the Committee's determination by filing a written notice of appeal with the Committee within 30 days after giving of such notice, in which event a hearing before the Committee shall be scheduled.