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Nottingham Township Washington County
City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XVIII

Township Board of Supervisors

§ 425-134 Duties of Board of Supervisors.

A. 
Under this chapter, the Board of Supervisors shall have the duties of considering and adopting or rejecting proposed amendments or the repeal of this chapter, as provided by law, and of establishing a schedule of fees and charges. Under no circumstances shall the duties of the Board of Supervisors include hearing and deciding questions of enforcement that may arise.
B. 
The Board of Supervisors shall have the following duties:
(1) 
Appoint the members of the Planning Commission, the Zoning Hearing Board and the Zoning Officer.
(2) 
Receive and consider the recommendations of the Planning Commission on matters the Commission reviews pursuant to this chapter.
(3) 
Advertise and host a public hearing before adopting a zoning ordinance or any amendment thereto.
(4) 
May remove members of the Planning Commission, the Zoning Hearing Board or the Zoning Officer from their positions upon just cause and after a formal hearing.
(5) 
Establish fees for the issuance of land development, building, occupancy and sign permits. In accordance with Section 617.3(e) of the MPC,[1] the Board of Supervisors may also prescribe fees for conditional use applications, landowner curative amendments, municipal curative amendments and for hearings before the Zoning Hearing Board.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10617.3(e).
C. 
The Board of Supervisors shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and render final adjudications in the following matters:
(1) 
All applications pursuant to Section 508 of the MPC, 53 P.S. § 10508, for approval of subdivisions or land developments under Part V of the MPC, 53 P.S. § 10501 et seq.
(2) 
Applications for conditional use under the express provisions of this chapter.
(3) 
Applications for curative amendment to this chapter or pursuant to Sections 609.1 and 916.1(a) of the MPC, 53 P.S. §§ 10609.1 and 10916.1(a).
(4) 
All petitions for amendments to land use ordinances, pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 609 of the MPC, 53 P.S. § 10609.
(5) 
Appeals from the determination of the Zoning Officer or the Township Engineer in the administration of any land use ordinance or provisions thereof regarding sedimentation and erosion control and stormwater management as enabled by the MPC.
(6) 
Applications for approvals of planned residential development.