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Timestamp: 2020-07-10 18:44:26
Document Index: 54766852

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 66601', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 187', '§ 1', '§ 1']

Township of Upper Hanover, PA General Provisions
Township of Upper Hanover, PA / Part I: Administrative Legislation
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Upper Hanover as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 8-11-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-06]
Pursuant to Section 1601(d), [53 P.S. § 66601(d)] of the Second Class Township Code, the codification of a complete body of legislation for the Township of Upper Hanover, County of Montgomery, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters, articles and sections by General Code, and consisting of Chapters 1 through 250, together with an Appendix, is hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as a single ordinance of the Township of Upper Hanover, which shall be known and is hereby designated as the "Code of the Township of Upper Hanover," 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 Supervisors of the Township of Upper Hanover, and it is the intention of said Board of Supervisors 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 Only such provisions of former ordinances as are omitted from this Code shall be deemed repealed or abrogated by the provisions of § 1-3 below, and only new or changed provisions, as described in § 1-6 below, shall be deemed to be enacted from the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of Upper Hanover and in force on the date of the adoption of this Code and not contained in the Code are hereby repealed as of the effective date given in § 1-15 below, except as hereinafter provided.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 May 12, 2009.
Nomenclature changes. The following outdated terms have been changed throughout the Code:
"Justice of the Peace" or "District Justice" to "Magisterial District Judge."
"Zoning Board of Adjustment" to "Zoning Hearing Board."
"Department of Environmental Resources" and "DER" to "Department of Environmental Protection" and "DEP."
Pennsylvania "Department of Community Affairs" to "Department of Community and Economic Development."
USDA "Soil Conservation Service (SCS)" to "Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)."
Outdated statutory references have been updated accordingly.
Violations and penalties in §§ 187-3, 451-6, 469-5A, 477-7A, 477-15, 477-20 and 488-6A have been amended or added to the Code to reflect the following criminal enforcement penalty provisions:
Any person, firm or corporation who shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any provision of this chapter, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this chapter continues or each section of this chapter which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
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 attached hereto and made a part hereof, are hereby made to various ordinances and resolutions included in the Code.[1] These changes are enacted to bring provisions into conformity with the desired policies of the Board of Supervisors, and it is the intent of the Board of Supervisors that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the ordinances and resolutions 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.
Editor's Note: In accordance with § 1-6E, 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) 8-11-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-06." Schedule A, which contains a complete description of all changes, is on file in the Township offices.
At least one copy of the Code in a post-bound volume shall be filed with the Ordinance Book in the office of the Township Secretary and shall remain there for use and examination by the public. Upon adoption, such copy or copies shall be certified to by the Township Secretary, as provided by law, and such certified copy or copies shall remain on file in the office of the Township Secretary, available to persons desiring to examine the same during all times while said Code is in effect.
It shall be the duty of the Township Secretary or someone authorized and directed by him or her to keep up-to-date the certified copy or copies of the book containing the Code required to be filed in the office of the Township Secretary for the use of the public. All changes in said Code and all legislation adopted by the Board of Supervisors subsequent to the effective date of this codification which the Board of Supervisors shall adopt specifically as part of the Code shall, when finally adopted, be included therein by reference until such changes or new legislation are printed as supplements to said Code books, at which time such supplements shall be inserted therein.
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 notices of introduction and adoption, as required by law, and the availability of a copy or copies of the Code for inspection by the public, shall be deemed, held and considered to be due and legal publication of all provisions of the Code for all purposes.
All provisions of this ordinance and of the Code shall be in force and effect on and after August 16, 2009.