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Timestamp: 2020-08-07 10:10:13
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 56502', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1']

Township of Pocono, PA General Provisions
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Pocono as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 8-6-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-08]
Pursuant to Section 1502, Clause I, of the First Class Township Code (53 P.S. § 56502, Clause I), the codification of a complete body of legislation for the Township of Pocono, County of Monroe, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters, articles and sections by General Code, and consisting of Chapters 1 through 470, together with an Appendix, is hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as a single ordinance of the Township of Pocono, which shall be known and is hereby designated as the "Code of the Township of Pocono," hereinafter referred to as the "Code."
The provisions of this Code, insofar as they are substantively the same as those of ordinances in the 1982 Code and the ordinances in force immediately prior to the enactment of this ordinance, are intended as a continuation of such ordinances and not as new enactments, and the effectiveness of such provisions shall date from the date of adoption of the prior ordinance. All such provisions are hereby continued in full force and effect and are hereby reaffirmed as to their adoption by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Pocono, and it is the intention of said Board of Commissioners that each such provision contained within the Code is hereby reenacted and reaffirmed as it appears in said Code. Only such provisions of former ordinances as are omitted from this Code shall be deemed repealed or abrogated by the provisions of § 1-3 below, and only new or changed provisions, as described in § 1-6 below, shall be deemed to be enacted from the effective date of this Code, as provided in § 1-15 below.
Repeal of inconsistent ordinances. Except as provided in § 1-4, Legislation saved from repeal; matters not affected by repeal, below, all ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the provisions contained in the Code adopted by this ordinance are hereby repealed as of the effective date given in § 1-15; provided, however, that such repeal shall only be to the extent of such inconsistency, and any valid legislation of the Township of Pocono which is not in conflict with the provisions of the Code shall be deemed to remain in full force and effect.
Repeal of specific ordinances. The Board of Commissioners of the Township of Pocono has determined that the following ordinances are no longer in effect and hereby specifically repeals the following legislation:
Ordinance No. 36, regarding pornographic material, adopted May 5, 1981.
Ordinance No. 41, regarding solid waste, adopted July 17, 1984.
Ordinance No. 49, regarding solid waste, adopted July 17, 1989.
Ordinance No. 54, regarding water supply system, adopted August 23, 1991.
Ordinance No. 72, general provisions amendment and penalties, adopted August 5, 1996.
Ordinance No. 76, Sewage Management District, adopted April 21, 1997.
Ordinance No. 100, regarding the Delinquent Tax Collector, adopted December 28, 2001.
Ordinance No. 104, regarding water connections for areas served by the Stroudsburg Municipal Authority, adopted July 29, 2002.
Any ordinance adopted subsequent to December 4, 2017.
Any ordinance relating to or establishing a real estate transfer tax.
Nonsubstantive changes. In compiling and preparing the ordinances of the Township for adoption and revision as part of the Code, certain nonsubstantive grammatical and style changes were made in one or more of said ordinances. It is the intention of the Board of Commissioners that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the ordinances so changed had been previously formally amended to read as such.
Substantive changes and revisions. In addition to the changes and revisions described above, changes and revisions of a substantive nature, as set forth in Schedule A[1] attached hereto and made a part hereof, are hereby made to various ordinances included in the Code. These changes are enacted to bring provisions into conformity with the desired policies of the Board of Commissioners, and it is the intent of the Board of Commissioners that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the legislation so changed had been previously formally amended to read as such. All such changes and revisions shall be deemed to be in effect as of the effective date of the Code specified in § 1-15.
Editor's Note: In accordance with § 1-6B, the chapters, parts and sections which were added, amended, adopted or deleted by this ordinance are indicated throughout the Code by a footnote referring to Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I. During routine supplementation, footnotes indicating amendments, additions or deletions will be replaced with the following history: "Amended (added, deleted) 8-6-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-08." Schedule A, which contains a complete description of all changes, is on file in the Township offices.
Throughout the Code, the following terms are updated as follows:
"District Justice," "Justice of the Peace" and "District Magistrate" are changed to "Magisterial District Judge."
"Soil Conservation Service" is changed to "Natural Resources Conservation Service"; "SCS" is changed to "NRCS."
"Board of Supervisors" is changed to "Board of Commissioners" as applicable and appropriate.
"Administrator" is changed to "Township Manager or his/her designee" as applicable and appropriate.
"Pocono Township Road Master (Roadmaster)" is changed to "Public Works Director."
In Chapter 129, "Enforcement Officer" is changed to "Zoning Officer."
In Chapter 133, "Building Official" is changed to "Building Code Official."
In Chapter 382, "Construction Code Official" is changed to "Zoning Officer."
In Chapter 390, "Administrator" is changed to "Township Manager or his/her designee," as applicable.
Fees. All specific fee amounts setting forth a fee for licenses, permits or services provided by the Township are hereby removed and replaced with: "as set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Commissioners."
The Township Secretary, pursuant to law, shall cause to be published in the manner required a notice of the introduction and of the adoption of the Code in a newspaper of general circulation in the Township. The enactment and application of this ordinance, coupled with the publication of the notice of introduction, the availability of a copy or copies of the Code for inspection by the public and the filing of an attested copy of this ordinance with the county, as required by law, shall be deemed, held and considered to be due and legal publication of all provisions of the Code for all purposes.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to improperly change or amend, by additions or deletions, or to alter or tamper with the Code or any part or portion thereof in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the Township to be misrepresented thereby. Any person who violates or permits a violation of this section of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $600, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment thereof, by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 30 days.
All provisions of this ordinance and of the Code shall be in force and effect on and after August 6, 2018.