Eldred Township Lycoming County
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XI
Responsibilities of the Township Supervisors
§ 250-1100 Amendments to chapter or map.
The municipality may on its own motion or by petition amend, supplement, change, modify or repeal this chapter, including the Zoning Map, by proceeding in the following manner. (See Appendix E[1] of this chapter for an illustration of the amendment procedure.) For curative amendments, see procedure for landowner curative amendments and procedure for municipal curative amendments in the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.[2]
A.
Public hearing and notice requirements.
(1)
The Township Supervisors shall, at a public meeting, establish a date, time and place for a public hearing on the proposed amendment. Notice of such hearing shall be published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general, local circulation. The first notice shall be published not more than 30 days and the second publication shall appear no less than seven days prior to the hearing date. The notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and the general nature of the proposed amendment in such reasonable detail as will give adequate notice of its contents and shall name the place(s) where copies of the proposed amendment may be examined.
(2)
In addition, if the proposed amendment involves a Zoning Map change, notice of said public hearing shall be conspicuously posted by the Township at points deemed sufficient by the Township along the affected tract at least seven days prior to the date of the hearing. Further, where the proposed amendment involves a Zoning Map change, other than a comprehensive municipal rezoning, the Township shall notify all property owners within the area proposed for rezoning by first-class mail at least 30 days prior to the hearing of the date, time and location of the hearing.
(3)
If after said public hearing, the proposed amendment is changed substantially or is revised to include land not previously affected by it, the Supervisors shall hold another public hearing and give notice thereof as set forth above, before proceeding to vote on the amendment.
B.
Review by Planning Commissions. Every such proposed amendment or change, whether initiated by the Township Supervisors or by petition, shall be referred to the Township Planning Commission and the County Planning Commission at least 30 days before the public hearing for report thereon. If the Planning Commission(s) shall fail to file such a report before the public hearing it shall be presumed that the Planning Commission(s) have no comments or concerns regarding the proposed amendment, supplement or change.
C.
Opportunity to be heard. At the public hearing, any citizen and all parties in interest shall be given the opportunity to be heard.
D.
Notice of enactment prior to taking action on the amendment, the Township Supervisors shall give notice of proposed enactment by publishing the entire amendment or the title and a brief summary in a newspaper of general, local circulation. Such notice shall include the time and place of the meeting at which passage will be considered and shall name the place where copies of the proposed amendment may be examined. The notice shall be published one time, not more than 60 days nor less than seven days prior to passage. If the full text is not published, a copy of the amendment shall be supplied to the newspaper at the time of publication of the notice, and an attested copy of the proposed amendment shall be filed in the County Law Library or other county office designated by the County Commissioners.
E.
Enactment of amendment.
(1)
The adoption of an amendment shall be by simple majority vote of the Township Supervisors. The vote of the Supervisors shall be within 90 days after the last public hearing on the amendment. If the Supervisors fail to take action within 90 days, the proposed amendment shall be deemed to have been denied.
(2)
Within 30 days after enactment, a copy of the amendment shall be forwarded to the County Planning Commission.