Lower Swatara Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
PART 26
AMENDMENTS
§ 27-2601 Procedure.
[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 2501]
The Township Commissioners may, from time to time, amend, supplement or repeal any of the regulations and provisions of this chapter after public notice and hearing. Before the public hearing, each proposed amendment, except those coming from the Township Planning Commission, must be referred to the Township Planning Commission for its recommendations at least 30 days prior to the hearing on such amendment. If, after any public hearing held upon an amendment, the proposed amendment is changed substantially, or is revised to include land previously not affected by it, the Township Commissioners shall hold another public hearing, pursuant to public notice, before proceeding to vote on the amendment. At least 30 days prior to the hearing on the ordinance amendment by the Township Commissioners, the Township shall submit the proposed ordinance or amendments to the Dauphin County Planning Commission for recommendations. Within 30 days after enactment, a copy of the zoning amendment shall be forwarded to the Dauphin County Planning Commission. Amendment procedures shall be in compliance with § 609 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247, as amended.[1]
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Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10609.
§ 27-2602 Procedure Upon Curative Amendments.
§ 27-2603 Publication, Advertisement and Availability of Ordinance.
[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 2503]
1.
Proposed zoning ordinances and amendments shall not be enacted unless notice of proposed enactment is given in the manner set forth in this section, and shall include the time and place of the meeting at which passage will be considered, a reference to a place within the Township where copies of the proposed ordinance or amendment may be examined without charge or obtained for a charge not greater than the cost thereof. The Township Commissioners shall publish the proposed ordinance or amendment once in one newspaper of general circulation in the Township not more than 60 days nor less than seven days prior to passage. Publication of the proposed ordinance or amendment shall include either the full text thereof or the title and a brief summary prepared by the Township Solicitor and setting forth all the provisions in reasonable detail. If the full text is not included:
A.
A copy thereof shall be supplied to a newspaper of general circulation in the Township at the time the public notice is published.
B.
An attested copy of the proposed ordinance shall be filed in the Dauphin County Law Library or other county office designated by the County Commissioners, who may impose a fee no greater than that necessary to cover the actual costs of storing said ordinances.
2.
In the event substantial amendments are made in the proposed ordinance or amendment, before voting upon enactment, the Township Commissioners shall, at least 10 days prior to enactment, readvertise, in one newspaper of general circulation in the Township, a brief summary setting forth all the provisions in reasonable detail together with a summary of the amendments. 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 perimeter of the tract to notify potentially interested citizens. The affected tract shall be posted at least one week prior to the date of the public hearing.
§ 27-2604 Zoning Amendment Application Requirements.
[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 2504]
The Township Commissioners shall have the power to enact by resolution zoning change application requirements for those requesting a zoning change of a land area in the Township from one zoning classification to another zoning classification.