Scott Township Columbia County
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XII
Zoning Ordinance Amendments
§ 135-84 Procedure.
The municipality may on its own motion or by petition amend, supplement, change, modify or repeal this chapter, including the Zoning Map, by proceeding in the following manner. (See Appendix C of this chapter[1] for an illustration of the amendment procedure.) For curative amendments, see Section 609.1, Procedure for landowner curative amendments, under Article VI of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 of 1968, as amended.[2]
A.
Public hearing and notice requirements.
(1)
The Township Supervisors shall, at a public meeting, establish a date, time and place for a public hearing on the proposed amendment. Notice of such hearing shall be published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general, local circulation. The first notice shall be published not more than 30 days and the second publication should appear no less than seven days prior to the hearing date. The notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and the general nature of the proposed amendment in such reasonable detail as will give adequate notice of its contents and shall name the place(s) where copies of the proposed amendment may be examined.
(2)
In addition, if the proposed amendment involves a Zoning Map change, notice of said public hearing shall be conspicuously posted at points along the perimeter of the affected tract at least seven days prior to the date of the hearing.
B.
Review by Planning Commissions. Every such proposed amendment or change, whether initiated by the Township Supervisors or by petition, shall be referred to the Township Planning Commission and the County Planning Commission at least 30 days before the public hearing for report thereon. If the Planning Commission(s) shall fail to file such a report before the public hearing, it shall be presumed that the Planning Commission(s) has no comments or concerns regarding the proposed amendment, supplement or change.
C.
Opportunity to be heard. At the public hearing, full opportunity to be heard shall be given to any citizen and all parties in interest.
D.
Notice of enactment. Prior to taking action on the amendment, the Township Supervisors shall give notice of proposed enactment by publishing the entire amendment or the title and a brief summary in a newspaper of general, local circulation. Such notice shall be published one time, not more than 60 days nor less than seven days prior to passage.
E.
Enactment of amendment.
(1)
The adoption of an amendment shall be by simple majority vote of the Township Supervisors. The vote of the Supervisors shall be within 90 days after the last public hearing on the amendment. If the Supervisors fail to take action within 90 days, the proposed amendment shall be deemed to have been denied.
(2)
Within 30 days after enactment, a copy of the amendment shall be forwarded to the County Planning Commission.
[1]
Editor's Note: Appendix C is included as an attachment to this chapter.
[2]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10609.1.