[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Scott Township 2-25-2004 by Ord. No. 2-25-04. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Board of Supervisors may designate lands or buildings owned,
leased or controlled by the Township for use as parks, playgrounds,
play fields, gymnasiums, swimming pools, indoor recreation centers,
public parks and other recreation areas and facilities and acquire
lands or buildings by lease, gift, devise, purchase or by the exercise
of the right of eminent domain for recreational purposes and construct
and equip facilities for recreational purposes.
The Board of Supervisors may employ persons to maintain the
recreation facilities or supervise the use of the recreation facilities.
A.
The Board of Supervisors may by policy adopted from time to time
regulate the use and enjoyment by the public of any park or recreation
grounds owned and operated by the Township or charitable organizations
for the use of the public.
B.
The Board of Supervisors may prescribe rules for the use by the public
of parks and recreation grounds and the facilities and amusements
connected therewith and post the rules at conspicuous places in the
parks or recreation grounds. Any person who violates the rules commits
a summary offense.
C.
The Board of Supervisors may by rule or policy prescribed from time
to time regulate the time of opening and closing and the conduct of
places of public entertainment, amusement and recreation.
D.
The Board of Supervisors may by ordinance or resolution appropriate
funds for recreation programs not directly sponsored by the Township.
A.
The Board of Supervisors hereby creates and ratifies a park board
to supervise, regulate, equip and maintain Township-funded recreation
programs and facilities. The Park Board has only those powers specifically
delegated to it by the Board of Supervisors.
B.
The Park Board shall consist of five persons. The members shall be
appointed by the Board of Supervisors and shall serve for terms of
five years or until their successors are appointed, except that the
members first appointed shall be appointed so that the term of not
more than one member expires annually. Members shall serve without
pay but may be reimbursed by the Township for all expenses incurred
in performing their duties. All persons appointed shall serve their
full terms unless voluntarily resigned or removed by the Board of
Supervisors for dereliction or neglect of duty. Vacancies occurring
other than by expiration of term shall be for the unexpired term and
shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments.
C.
The members of the Park Board shall elect a Chairman and Secretary
and select all other necessary officers to serve for a period of one
year. The Park Board may adopt rules and regulations for the conduct
of all business within its jurisdiction and exercise powers and functions
concerning parks and recreation facilities as may be delegated to
it by the Board of Supervisors. The power to prescribe rules and regulations
relating to use of parks and recreational facilities within the Township,
to the extent not contradicted by rules, regulations, resolutions
or ordinances adopted or prescribed by the Board of Supervisors, is
hereby delegated to the Park Board. The Park Board shall submit an
annual report to the Board of Supervisors, including an analysis of
the adequacy and effectiveness of community recreation areas, facilities
and leadership.
The Board of Supervisors may join with any one or more municipal
corporations, counties or school districts to acquire, create, equip,
maintain and operate any park or recreation area to serve residents
of the Township under the Act of July 12, 1972 (P.L. 762, No. 180),
referred to as the Intergovernmental Cooperation Law.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2301
et seq, Intergovernmental Cooperation Act 1996.
All expenses incurred in the operation of parks, recreation
areas and facilities are payable from the general Township fund or
from the treasury of the municipal corporations, counties or school
districts under the agreement of the corporate authorities if the
Township joins with such other political subdivisions in the operation
of such parks or recreational facilities.
A.
The Township may acquire, by purchase, gift or lease, and hold tracts
of land covered with forest or tree growth, or suitable for the growth
of trees, and administer the tracts under the direction of the Board
of Supervisors through the Park Board as the Board of Supervisors'
agent. The tracts may be of any size suitable for the purpose and
may be located inside or outside the Township limits.
B.
When the Board of Supervisors intends to acquire any lands for forests,
it shall so declare by a resolution, setting forth all facts and conditions
relating to the proposed action.
C.
Upon the acquisition of any forests or lands suitable for forests,
the Board of Supervisors or the Park Board as the agent of the Board
of Supervisors may make rules for the government and proper administration
of the lands as may be necessary. The Board of Supervisors, through
its agent the Park Board, shall publish the rules, declare the uses
of the forest under the intent of this article and make provision
for its administration, maintenance, protection and development as
necessary. The rules governing the administration of the forests shall
have for their main purpose the producing of a continuing Township
revenue by the sale of forest products.
D.
All revenue and emoluments arising from the forests shall be paid
into the general Township fund.
E.
Township forests may be used by the public as general outing or recreation
grounds, subject to the rules which are prescribed for governing their
administration and rules adopted by the Board of Supervisors or the
Park Board as its agent.
F.
When the Board of Supervisors decides to sell or lease any Township
forest, or part thereof, it shall so declare by a resolution, setting
forth all the facts and conditions relating to the proposed action.
Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the Board of Supervisors,
at its discretion, by resolution, from allowing the selective harvesting
of forest products for the purpose of properly caring for and maintaining
a Township forest.
G.
The Board of Supervisors may, on behalf of the Township, accept the
title to lands which may be donated to the Township for any of the
purposes mentioned in this chapter.
