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Timestamp: 2019-06-24 11:31:02
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 56502', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1']

Township of Penn, PA General Provisions
[Adopted 11-24-1997 by Ord. No. 689]
Pursuant to Section 1502, Clause I, II (53 P.S. § 56502) of the First Class Township Code, the codification of a complete body of legislation for the Township of Penn, County of Westmoreland, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as revised, codified and consolidated into titles, chapters and sections by General Code Publishers Corp., and consisting of Chapters 1 through 190, together with an Appendix, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as a single ordinance of the Township of Penn, which shall be known and is hereby designated as the "Code of the Township of Penn," hereinafter referred to as the "Code."
The provisions of this Code, insofar as they are substantively the same as those of ordinances and resolutions in force immediately prior to the enactment of this ordinance, are intended as a continuation of such ordinances and resolutions and not as new enactments, and the effectiveness of such provisions shall date from the date of adoption of the prior ordinance or resolution. 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 Penn, 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 Only such provisions of former ordinances as are omitted from this Code shall be deemed repealed or abrogated by the provisions of § 1-3 below, and only new or changed provisions, as described in § 1-6 below, shall be deemed to be enacted from the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.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Township of Penn and in force on the date of the adoption of this Code and not contained in the Code are hereby repealed as of the effective date given in § 1-15 below, except as hereinafter provided.
Any ordinance adopted subsequent to 7-22-1997.
Any ordinance providing for the adoption of a building code or a property maintenance code.
Any ordinance establishing sewer rates, charges, rules, regulations or governing the use or encroachment onto any sanitary sewer right-of-way.
Any ordinance establishing vehicle and traffic regulations.
Substantive changes and revisions. In addition to the changes and revisions described above, the following changes and revisions of a substantive nature are hereby made to various ordinances and resolutions included in the Code as set forth in Schedule A attached hereto and made a part hereof. These changes are made 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 have 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.[1]
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 or additions will be replaced with the following wording: "amended (added) 11-24-1997 by Ord. No. 689." A complete description of all changes is on file in the township offices.
Nomenclature changes. The following nomenclature changes are hereby made in existing ordinances and shall be made throughout the Code:
The term "Planning Commission" is changed to "Planning and Zoning Commission."[2]
Editor’s Note: Ordinance No. 914, adopted 1-18-2017, provided that the "Planning and Zoning Commission" be known as the "Planning Commission."
The term "Building Official" is changed to "Code Official."
The terms "Justice of the Peace" and "District Magistrate" are changed to "District Justice."
The term "Department of Environmental Resources" is changed to "Department of Environmental Protection."
The term "Department of Community Affairs" is changed to "Department of Community and Economic Development."
All provisions of this ordinance and of the Code shall be in force and effect on and after December 1, 1997.