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Township of Richland, PA
Allegheny County
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[Ord. 103, 7/20/1976, § 101]
This Part shall be known and may be cited as "The Administrative Code of Richland Township, Pennsylvania."
[Ord. 103, 7/20/1976, § 102; as amended by Ord. 234, 2/18/1987; and by Ord. 431, 8/20/2008]
1. 
As used in this Part, these words and terms shall have the following meanings:
ADMINISTRATIVE
The function of carrying out the policies, ordinances or mandates of the Board of Supervisors.
ADVISORY
The function of gathering facts and making recommendations to the Board of Supervisors or to any other body designated by the Board.
BOARD
A body established under the provisions of the law or by a valid ordinance of the Township, on a permanent basis and for indefinite duration, to perform those functions of a judicial or a quasi-judicial nature that are specified in the ordinance creating the Board or the law governing it, and to be composed of three or more individuals, appointed by the Board of Supervisors for definite terms of office; provided, where a body falling within this definition of "board" shall, by law, be required to be designated as a "commission," that fact shall be clearly stated in the ordinance creating or governing that "commission," and that ordinance shall specify that that "commission" shall perform the functions of a "board" rather than a "commission."
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
The Board of Supervisors as provided for in the Home Rule Charter.
COMMISSION
A body established under the provisions of the law or by a valid ordinance of the Township, on a permanent basis and for indefinite duration, to perform those functions of an advisory or administrative nature that are specified in the ordinance creating the commission or in the law governing it, and to be composed of three or more individuals, appointed by the Board of Supervisors for definite terms of office; provided where a body falling within this definition of "commission" shall, by law, be required to be designated as a "board," that fact shall be clearly stated in the ordinance creating or governing that "board," and that ordinance shall specify that that "board" shall have only the authority of a "commission," as defined in this subsection.
COMMITTEE
A body serving for a designated period of time on an ad hoc and purely advisory basis, comprising three or more individuals appointed by the Board of Supervisors.
HOME RULE CHARTER
The Home Rule Charter of the Township of Richland, as approved by the electors of the said Township in May, 1974, with amendments, if any, thereafter lawfully adopted and approved.
JUDICIAL
The function of hearing and deciding cases or controversies arising from the application of ordinances, regulations or laws.
LAW
The Constitution and laws of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Richland, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
2. 
In this Part, the singular shall include the plural; the plural shall include the singular; and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.