53 Pa. Stat. § 10815-A

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92
Section 10815-A - Administration
(a) The governing bodies of the municipalities adopting the joint municipal zoning ordinance may establish a joint zoning hearing board pursuant to the authority of section 904, except that:
(1) The joint municipal zoning ordinance shall either create a joint zoning hearing board to administer the entire joint municipal zoning ordinance or provide for the retention or creation of individual zoning hearing boards in each of the individual participating municipalities to administer the new joint municipal zoning ordinance as to properties located within each of the individual participating municipalities.
(2) These same procedures shall be followed by a joint zoning hearing board as set forth in Article IX for individual municipal zoning hearing boards.
(b) The joint municipal zoning ordinance shall specify the number of zoning officers to be appointed to administer the ordinance pursuant to section 614. One zoning officer may be appointed by each municipality to administer the ordinance within the municipal boundaries or a single zoning officer may be appointed to administer the ordinance throughout the jurisdiction of the ordinance.

53 P.S. § 10815-A

1968, July 31, P.L. 805, No. 247, art. VIII-A, § 815-A, added 1988, Dec. 21, P.L. 1329, No. 170, § 77, effective in 60 days.