[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Upper Allen 12-9-1974 by Ord. No. 208. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
A Township Planning Commission is hereby created
for the Township of Upper Allen which shall have seven members who
shall serve without compensation.
Each member of the Planning Commission shall
be appointed by the Board of Commissioners of Upper Allen Township
for a term of four years or until his/her successor is appointed and
qualified. The Chairman of the Planning Commission shall promptly
notify the Board of Commissioners of Upper Allen Township of any vacancies
in the commission, and such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired
term by said Board of Commissioners.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 2, Members
of existing Commission, which immediately followed this section, was
repealed 6-17-1993 by Ord. No. 474.
All of the members of the Planning Commission
shall be residents of Upper Allen Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
At least five of said members shall be citizen members who shall not
be officers or employees of the Township of Upper Allen.
Any member of the Planning Commission, once
qualified and appointed, may be removed from office for malfeasance,
misfeasance or nonfeasance in office or for other just cause by a
majority vote of the Board of Commissioners aforesaid taken after
the member has received 15 days' advance notice of the intent to take
such a vote. A hearing shall be held in connection with the vote if
the member shall request it in writing. Any appointment to fill a
vacancy created by removal shall be only for the unexpired term.
The Commission shall elect its own Chairman
and Vice Chairman and create and fill such other offices as it may
determine. Officers shall serve annual terms and may succeed themselves.
The Commission may make and alter bylaws and rules and regulations
to govern its procedures consistent with the ordinances of Upper Allen
Township and the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Commission
shall keep a full record of its business and shall annually make a
written report by March 1 of each year of its activities to said Board
of Commissioners of Upper Allen Township. Interim reports may be made
as often as may be necessary or as requested by the Board of Commissioners.
The Planning Commission shall perform all the
duties and may exercise all the powers conferred upon it by ordinances
and the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or as requested by
the Board of Commissioners of Upper Allen Township.
The Planning Commission may, with the consent
of said Board of Commissioners of Upper Allen Township, accept and
utilize any funds, personnel or other assistance made available by
the County of Cumberland, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the
federal government or any of their agencies or from private sources.
