Any person or persons or agent of the Township aggrieved by
any decision of the Zoning Hearing Board may appeal to the Court of
Common Pleas. Appeal shall be taken in accordance with Act 247, and other prevailing laws of the state of Pennsylvania.
The Township Supervisors shall establish a schedule of fees,
charges, and expenses and a collection procedure for building and
zoning permits, certificates of zoning compliance, appeals, petitions,
and other matters pertaining to this chapter. The schedule of fees
shall be posted in the office of the Zoning Administrator, and may
be altered or amended only by the Township Supervisors.
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this
chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements, adopted for the
promotion of the public health, safety, morals, or general welfare.
Wherever the requirements of this chapter are at variance with the
requirements of any other lawfully adoptive rules, regulations, ordinances,
deed restrictions, or covenants, the most restrictive or that imposing
the higher standard shall govern.
Whenever a violation of this chapter occurs, or is alleged to
have occurred, any person may file a formal compliant in writing.
Such compliant stating fully the causes and basis thereof shall be
filed with the Zoning Administrator. He shall record properly such
compliant, investigate, and take action thereon as provided by this
chapter. Any person may also report a complaint orally, but such compliant
shall not mandate formal investigation.
Should any section or provision of this chapter be declared
by the courts to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall
not affect the validity of the chapter as a whole, or any part thereof
other than the part so declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this
chapter, or inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, are
here repealed to the extent necessary to give the ordinance full force
and effect. This chapter shall become effective on November 25, 2013.