Mount Lebanon Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
PART 11
RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITIES
§ 20-1101 Commission.
In addition to the jurisdiction conferred on it by other provisions of the Charter, codes and ordinances of the Municipality of Mt. Lebanon, the Commission shall have the following jurisdiction and authority.
1101.1.
Text Amendments. The Commission shall be responsible for reviewing Zoning Ordinance text amendment applications and for taking final action to approve, approve with conditions, modify, or deny such applications.
1101.2.
Map Amendments. The Commission shall be responsible for reviewing map amendment (rezoning) applications and for taking final action to approve, approve with conditions, modify, or deny such applications.
1101.3.
Planned Development District Designation. The Commission shall be responsible for reviewing Planned Development District designation applications and for taking final action to approve, approve with conditions, modify, or deny such applications.
§ 20-1102 Planning Board.
1102.1.
Creation of Planning Board. The Planning Board of the Municipality, consisting of five members, shall be appointed by the Commission in the manner prescribed by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as now enacted or as may hereafter be amended.
1102.2.
Responsibilities of the Planning Board.
1102.2.1.
The Planning Board shall function as an advisory body to the Commission in accordance with the purpose and intent of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code as now enacted or as hereafter amended.
1102.2.2.
The Planning Board shall perform such advisory functions as shall be requested from time to time by the Commission and in the performance of such advisory functions as so requested shall have such powers and duties as are granted and established by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code as now enacted or as hereafter amended.
§ 20-1103 Zoning Hearing Board.
1103.1.
Administration and Procedure.
1103.1.1.
Existing Board. The Zoning Hearing Board presently in existence shall continue and be constituted as the Zoning Hearing Board under this Chapter. Matters pending before the Zoning Hearing Board at the time this Chapter becomes effective shall continue and be completed under the law in effect at the time such Board took jurisdiction of them.
1103.1.2.
Membership and Organization. The membership and organization of the Board and the appointment of alternate members to the Board shall be as provided in the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code as now in effect or as hereafter amended.
1103.1.3.
Rules and Regulations. The board may make, alter, and rescind rules, regulations, and forms for its procedures such as are consistent with the Mt. Lebanon Code and the laws of the Commonwealth. Copies of rules, regulations and forms adopted by the board shall be prepared and shall be made available for inspection by any interested person in the Offices of the Board and Manager.
1103.1.4.
Notice Hearing and Decisions. The board shall conduct hearings and render decisions, after giving such notice as required by law, in the manner prescribed by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code as now established or as hereafter amended.
1103.1.5.
Variances and Appeals from Actions of the Zoning Officer. The board shall hear requests for Variances from the provisions of this chapter and shall hear appeals from actions of the Zoning Officer when authorized under the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code or this chapter as the same are now established or as hereafter amended.
1103.1.6.
Jurisdiction of Zoning Hearing Board. The jurisdiction of the Zoning Hearing Board shall be as set forth in the Municipalities Planning Code, as amended and other applicable law.
§ 20-1104 Zoning Officer.
1104.1.
Administrative Responsibility. The manager of the Municipality or his designated representative is hereby appointed Zoning Officer of said Municipality, and in such capacity, he shall administer this chapter and amendments hereto, in accordance with its literal terms, and shall not have the power to permit any construction or use which does not conform to this chapter.
1104.2.
Appeals from Zoning Officer’s Actions. Any appeals from a decision or other action of the Zoning Officer may be made to the Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with law.
1104.3.
Enforcement of this chapter. In the event any Building, Structure, landscaping or land is, or is proposed to be erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, converted, maintained, or used in violation of this chapter, the Zoning Officer, with the approval of the Commission, in addition to any other remedies permitted under this chapter, shall be authorized to institute civil enforcement proceedings as a means of enforcement when acting within the scope of his employment in the name of the Municipality any appropriate action or proceeding, to prevent, restrain, correct, or abate any such Building, Structure, landscaping, or land, or to prevent, in or about such Premises, any act, conduct, business or Use constituting a violation.