Borough of Homestead, PA Part 3 Boards and Commissions

[Adopted 8-12-1999 by Ord. No. 1102 (Ch. 55 of the 1999 Code)]

§ 1-301 Prior Committee abolished.

The Homestead Borough Planning Committee is hereby abolished.

§ 1-302 Prior Advisory Committee abolished.

The Homestead Borough Planning Department Advisory Committee is hereby abolished.

§ 1-303 Commission established.

A Borough of Homestead Planning Commission consisting of three citizens of the Borough of Homestead who shall not be officers, employees or members of the Council of the Borough of Homestead, and two citizens of the Borough of Homestead who may be officers, employees or members of the Council of the Borough of Homestead, is hereby established.

§ 1-304 Appointment and terms of members.

The members of the Planning Commission shall be appointed by resolution of the Council of the Borough of Homestead. Three of the members first appointed shall serve for a term of four years, or until their successors are appointed and qualified; and two of the members first appointed shall serve for a term of three years, or until their successors are appointed and qualified. Thereafter, any person appointed as a member of the Borough of Homestead Planning Commission shall serve for a term of four years.

§ 1-305 Powers and duties.

The Borough of Homestead Planning Commission shall have all powers and be subject to all the duties set forth in Chapter 22, Subdivision and Land Development, Ordinance No. 1016, as amended by Ordinance No. 1031, Ordinance No. 1088, Ordinance No. 1090 and as hereafter amended from time to time.

§ 1-306 Effect on other ordinances.

Those provisions of Chapter 22, Subdivision and Land Development, Ordinance No. 1016, as amended by Ordinance No. 1031, which were repealed by Ord. No. 1082 are hereby reenacted, except to the extent that they would have been repealed by any ordinance enacted subsequent to Ordinance No. 1082.

§ 1-307 References updated.

All references, if any, to the "Planning Committee" in Chapter 22, Subdivision and Land Development, Ordinance No. 1016, as amended by Ordinance No. 1031, Ordinance No. 1088 and Ordinance No. 1090, are hereby amended to be "Planning Commission."

§ 1-308 When effective.

This article shall become effective on the day that the members of the first Planning Commission appointed hereunder are so appointed by resolution of Borough Council.