East Greenville, PA Zoning Ordinance

§ 95-220 Power of amendment.

The Borough Council of the Borough of East Greenville from time to time may amend, supplement, change, modify or repeal this chapter, in whole or in part, including the Zoning Map, by the procedures noted herein or as otherwise required by law.

§ 95-221 Public notice.

For any amendment proposed to this chapter, the Borough Council shall conduct a public hearing pursuant to public notice, as follows:

At a regular or special meeting, the Borough Council shall fix the time and place for the public hearing.

Notice of hearing. Notice of the hearing shall be published once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Borough. Such notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and particular nature of the matter to be considered at the hearing. The first publication shall not be more than 30 days and the second publication shall not be less than seven days from the date of the hearing. The notice shall include reference to the time and place of the hearing as well as the place in the Borough where copies of the amendment may be examined without charge or obtained for the cost of reproduction.

Publication of text. The full text of the proposed amendment, or a reasonably detailed summary prepared by the Borough Solicitor, shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the Borough no less than seven days and no more than 60 days before a vote of enactment. If the full text is not published:

(1)

A copy of the full text shall be supplied to the publishing newspaper at the time of publication.

(2)

An attested copy of the full text shall be filed in the Montgomery County Law Library.

Mailed notice. Notice shall be mailed to every person or group who shall have registered with the Borough their names and addresses for this purpose.

Perimeter posting. If the proposed amendment involves a Zoning Map change, notice of said public hearing shall be conspicuously posted along the perimeter of the affected tract by the Borough at least one week prior to the public hearing, at points deemed by the Borough to be sufficient to notify potentially interested citizens.

Change to amendment. If, after any public hearing, the proposed amendment is changed substantially or is revised to include land not previously affected, the Council shall hold another public hearing, pursuant to public notice, before proceeding to a vote on the amendment.

Notice of change to amendment. Where a public hearing is required in accordance with § 95-221F above, at least 10 days before voting to enact, the Council shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the Borough a brief summary setting forth in reasonable detail the provision of the amendment along with a summary of the changed portions of the amendment.

Thirty days prior to the hearing on the proposed amendment, the Borough Council shall submit the proposed ordinance to the Montgomery County Planning Commission for review and recommendation.

§ 95-222 Application for amendment by citizens.

Every application for amendment of this chapter shall first be presented to the Zoning Officer and shall contain the following:

The applicant's name and address and his or her representative and the interest of every person represented in the application.

A plan showing the extent of the area to be rezoned, streets bounding and intersecting the area, the land use and zoning classification of abutting districts and photographs of the area to be rezoned and abutting area.

A statement of the circumstances in the proposed district and the abutting districts and any other factors on which the applicant relies as reasons for supporting the proposed rezoning.

The approximate time schedule for the beginning and completion of development in the area.

A site plan to scale, indicating the locations of structures, uses, areas for off-street parking and loading.

Information about the market area to be served by the proposed development, if a commercial use, including population to be served, effective demand for proposed business facilities and any other information necessary for the Borough Council to evaluate the proposal.

§ 95-223 Petitions for amendment.

Whenever the owners of 50% or more of the frontage in any district shall present to the Borough Council a petition, duly signed and acknowledged, requesting an amendment, supplement, change, modification or repeal of the regulations prescribed for or of the Zoning Map including such district, it shall be the duty of the Borough Council to hold a public hearing thereon and cause notice thereof to be given in the manner prescribed in § 95-196 herein; provided, however, that the Borough Council shall not be required to consider a petition requesting an amendment, supplement, change, modification or repeal of any provision of this chapter or the Zoning Map or to hold a public hearing thereon when the requested change is the same or substantially the same as requested and upon which a public hearing has been held within the previous year. Such petition shall set forth the following facts:

Signature and address of each petitioner, together with the amount of front footage in any district or part thereof.

The petition, if pertaining to the Zoning Map, shall have attached thereto a plot plan of the tract to be affected.

§ 95-224 Opportunity to be heard.

At the public hearing, full opportunity to be heard shall be given to any citizen and all parties in interest.

§ 95-225 County copy.

Within 30 days after enactment, a copy of the amendment shall be forwarded to the Montgomery County Planning Commission.

§ 95-226 Fees.

For the purpose of defraying expenses of advertising, etc., applications for amendments shall be accompanied by payment to the Borough in accordance with its adopted fee schedule.

East Greenville City Zoning Code