PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 95, 492 PRINTER'S NO. 2163
No. 71 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY GRUCELA, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, COHEN, DALEY,
DALLY, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, HALUSKA, HARPER, HELM, HENNESSEY,
HERSHEY, JAMES, KAUFFMAN, KING, KORTZ, LEACH, McGEEHAN,
MELIO, R. MILLER, MUNDY, MURT, NAILOR, O'NEILL, PALLONE,
PASHINSKI, SCAVELLO, SHIMKUS, SIPTROTH, STABACK, TANGRETTI,
THOMAS, WALKO, WATSON, J. WHITE, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD,
WANSACZ, COSTA, GERGELY, FABRIZIO, DENLINGER, KESSLER,
LONGIETTI AND QUINN, JANUARY 30, 2007
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 29, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act to empower cities of the second class A,
3 and third class, boroughs, incorporated towns, townships of
4 the first and second classes including those within a county
5 of the second class and counties of the second through eighth
6 classes, individually or jointly, to plan their development
7 and to govern the same by zoning, subdivision and land
8 development ordinances, planned residential development and
9 other ordinances, by official maps, by the reservation of
10 certain land for future public purpose and by the acquisition
11 of such land; to promote the conservation of energy through
12 the use of planning practices and to promote the effective
13 utilization of renewable energy sources; providing for the
14 establishment of planning commissions, planning departments,
15 planning committees and zoning hearing boards, authorizing
16 them to charge fees, make inspections and hold public
17 hearings; providing for mediation; providing for transferable
18 development rights; providing for appropriations, appeals to
19 courts and penalties for violations; and repealing acts and
20 parts of acts," providing for notice to school district; and
21 further providing for application for final approval.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. The act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known
1 as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, reenacted and
2 amended December 21, 1988 (P.L.1329, No.170), is amended by
3 adding a section to read:
4 Section 508.1. Notice to School District.--Each month a
5 municipality shall notify in writing the superintendent of a
6 school district in which a plat for a residential development
7 was finally approved by the municipality during the preceding
8 month. The notice shall include, but not be limited to, the
9 location of the development, the number and types of units to be
10 included in the development and the proposed EXPECTED <--
11 construction schedule of the development., and where required by <--
12 local ordinance to be included in an application for approval of
13 a plat, an economic assessment of the proposed development.
14 Section 2. Section 711 of the act is amended by adding a
15 subsection to read:
16 Section 711. Application for Final Approval.--* * *
17 (f) Each month a municipality shall notify in writing the
18 superintendent of a school district in which development plans
19 for a planned residential development were finally approved by
20 the municipality during the preceding month. The notice shall
21 include, but not be limited to, the location of the development,
22 the number and types of units to be included in the development
23 and the proposed EXPECTED construction schedule of the <--
24 development., and where required by local ordinance to be <--
25 included in an application for approval of a planned residential
26 development, an economic assessment of the proposed development.
27 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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