Pennsbury Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XXV
Amendments
§ 162-2501 Power of amendment.
The Board of Supervisors may from time to time amend, supplement, change, modify or repeal this chapter, including the Zoning Map, by proceeding in the following manner.
§ 162-2502 Amendment by Board of Supervisors.
A.
Before voting on the enactment of an amendment to this chapter, the Board of Supervisors shall hold a public hearing thereon, pursuant to public notice. 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 tract to notify potentially interested citizens. The affected tract or area shall be posted at least one week prior to the date of the hearing.
B.
In addition to the requirement that notice be posted under Subsection A above, where the proposed amendment involves a Zoning Map change, notice of the public hearing shall be mailed by the Township at least 30 days prior to the date of the hearing by first-class mail to the addressees to which real estate tax bills are sent for all real property located within the area being rezoned, as evidenced by tax records in the possession of the Township. The notice shall include the location, date and time of the public hearing. A good faith effort in substantial compliance shall satisfy the requirements of this paragraph. This clause shall not apply when the rezoning constitutes a comprehensive rezoning.
C.
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 Board of Supervisors shall hold another public hearing, pursuant to public notice, before proceeding to vote on the amendment.
D.
Within 30 days after enactment, a copy of the amendment to this chapter shall be forwarded to the Chester County Planning Commission.
§ 162-2503 Planning commission referral.
The Board of Township Supervisors shall refer each proposed change or amendment to the Township Planning Commission and the Chester County Planning Commission at least 30 days prior to the hearing on such proposed amendment to provide the Planning Commission an opportunity to submit recommendation on the proposed amendments. The Planning Commission shall consider whether or not the proposed change or amendment would be, in the view of the Commission, consistent with the purpose and objectives set forth in the purpose section and desirable in furtherance of the plan therein referred to for future land development.
§ 162-2504 Procedures upon curative amendment.
A.
Landowner curative amendments. A landowner who desires to challenge on substantive grounds the validity of this chapter or the Zoning Map or any provision thereof, which prohibits or restricts the use or development to land in which he has an interest, may submit a curative amendment to the Board of Supervisors with a written request that his challenge and proposed amendment be heard and decided as provided in Section 609.1 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10609.1.
B.
Township curative amendments. If the Board of Supervisors determines that this chapter or any portion thereof or amendment thereto is substantially invalid, it shall have the right to prepare a curative amendment in accordance with the procedure set forth in Section 609.2 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10609.2.