[Adopted 3-1-1954 by Ord. No. 9 (Ch. 27 of the 1982 Code)]
A Township Planning Commission is hereby created
and established for the purpose of promoting health, safety, morals,
order, convenience, prosperity and the general welfare of the Township
of Muhlenberg through the effective development or redevelopment of
the area under its jurisdiction and in recognition of the need for
procedures which will provide foresight and coordination in determining
the nature, location and extent of the use of land and the structures
upon it, including, among other things, adequate provision for traffic,
the promotion of safety from fire and other dangers, adequate provisions
for light and air, the promotion of the healthful and convenient distribution
of population, the promotion of good civic arrangement, efficiency
and economy in the expenditure of public funds and the adequate provision
of public utilities and other public improvements.
[Amended 3-1-1962 by Ord. No. 37; 3-1-1982 by Ord. No.
188; 6-18-2007 by Ord. No. 437]
The Commission shall consist of seven members
and two alternates. The Township Solicitor and the Township Engineer
shall serve as Solicitor and Engineer of the Planning Commission.
[Amended 3-1-1982 by Ord. No. 188]
The Planning Commission shall have such powers
and perform such duties and functions as provided in the applicable
articles of the First Class Township Code as originally enacted and
Act 247, P.L. 805, 1968, as amended and supplemented, 53 P.S. § 10101
et seq., particularly 53 P.S. § 10209.1.
[Added 1-18-2016 by Ord.
No. 554]
As permitted by Section 202 of the Municipalities Planning Code
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the "MPC"),[1] members of the Board of the Township Planning Commission,
except for any elected or appointed officer or employee of the Township
who may serve from time to time as a member of the Board, shall be
compensated at the rate of $25 for each meeting of the Township Planning
Commission attended by such member. As provided in the MPC, compensation
shall not exceed the rate of compensation authorized by law to be
paid the members of the Board of Commissioners of the Township.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10202.
