Oakmont City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIII
Borough Council
§ 205-1301 Duties of Council.
A.
The Council. Under this chapter Council 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 Council include hearing and deciding questions of enforcement that may arise.
B.
Appoint the members of the Planning Commission, the Zoning Hearing Board and the Zoning Officer.
C.
Receive and consider the recommendations of the Planning Commission on matters the Commission reviews pursuant to this chapter.
D.
Ask for recommendations of the Planning Commission on the adoption or amendment of this chapter if such recommendations are not prepared by the Planning Commission. In accordance with § 303(a) of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code,[1] Council must ask for recommendations from the Planning Commission for proposed actions related to:
(1)
The location, opening, vacation, extension, widening, narrowing or enlargement of any street, public ground, pierhead or watercourse;
(2)
The location, erection, demolition, removal or sale of any public structure located within the municipality;
(3)
The adoption, amendment or repeal of an Official Map, SALDO, zoning ordinance or provisions for planned residential development, or capital improvements program; or
(4)
The construction, extension or abandonment of any waterline, sewer line or sewage treatment facility.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10303(a).
E.
Advertise and host a public hearing before adopting a zoning ordinance or any amendment thereto.
F.
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.
G.
Establish fees for the issuance of land development, building, occupancy and sign permits. In accordance with § 617.3(e) of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code,[2] Council may also prescribe fees for conditional use applications, landowner curative amendments, municipal curative amendments and for hearings before the Zoning Hearing Board.
[2]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10617.3(e).
H.
Council shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and render final adjudications in the following matters:
(1)
All applications pursuant to § 508 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10508, for approval of subdivisions or land developments under Part V of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 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 §§ 609.1 and 916.1(a) of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. §§ 10609.1, 10916.1(a).
(4)
All petitions for amendments to land use ordinances, pursuant to the procedures set forth in § 609 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10609.
(5)
Appeals from the determination of the Zoning Officer or the Borough Engineer in the administration of any land use ordinance or provisions thereof with reference to sedimentation and erosion control and stormwater management as enabled by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.
(6)
Applications for approvals of planned residential development.