[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Butler 11-1-1965 as Ch. I, Part 7, Secs. 131 through 137, of the 1965 Code.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
A Township Planning Commission is hereby created
for Butler Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, which shall be constituted
as provided by law and shall perform all of the duties and may exercise
all of the powers conferred upon township planning commissions by
law.
[Amended 10-5-1998 by Ord. No. 765]
By virtue and authority of the Municipalities
Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10201 et seq., there is hereby
created a Township Planning Commission for Butler Township.
[Amended 6-23-1975 by Ord. No. 510; 10-5-1998 by Ord. No. 765]
The Butler Township Planning Commission shall
consist of seven persons, all to hold office for a term of four years.
The members shall serve without pay or compensation but may be reimbursed
for necessary and reasonable expenses. The Planning Commission shall
have all the powers and rights and shall perform all the duties set
forth in the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
Said Planning Commission may, with the consent
of the Township Commissioners, retain the services of an engineer
or engineers, as well as other necessary employees, and may contract
for professional planning services, the costs and expenses of which,
when approved by the Township Commissioners, shall be provided for
through appropriations; and the Township Commissioners shall appropriate
such sum as they deem necessary for defraying the expenses of the
Planning Commission, and in no event shall the expenses of the Planning
Commission, including the salaries of the engineers or other employees,
exceed the amount of the appropriation.
In addition to filing an annual report, it shall
be the duty of the Planning Commission to make, or cause to be made,
and to lay before the Township Commissioners maps and plans of the
Township, or any portion thereof, showing the streets, highways and
other natural and artificial features, and also any locations recommended
by it for any new public buildings, civic schemes, parkways, parks,
playgrounds or any other public grounds or public improvements, and
any widening, extension or relocation of the same, and thereafter,
from time to time, the Planning Commission may lay before the Township
Commissioners any modification, change or supplement to any prior
plan or plans. The Planning Commission may also, from time to time,
make recommendations to the Township Commissioners with respect to
any and all matters and things referred to in this section and, in
so doing, shall have regard for the present conditions and future
needs and growth of the Township.
All maps and plans submitted by the Planning
Commission shall not be effective unless regularly approved and adopted
by ordinance or resolution of the Township Commissioners and, after
such approval and adoption, shall be subject to revision and change
from time to time as the Township Commissioners may deem expedient.
The Township Commissioners may, at their discretion,
from time to time, submit to the Planning Commission any question
or proposal relating to any of the matters or things referred to in
the preceding section, or any other matter or thing relating to the
growth or development of the Township, including any plans for the
development of any particular section of the Township, and it shall
be the duty of the Planning Commission in due course to make a report
with respect to any such question or proposal, with its recommendation
thereon.
