THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY ORIE, ALLOWAY, BOSCOLA, BREWSTER, ERICKSON, FERLO, FONTANA, MENSCH, PIPPY, RAFFERTY, ROBBINS, SOLOBAY, TARTAGLIONE, WARD, WAUGH, M. WHITE, WOZNIAK, YAW AND YUDICHAK, FEBRUARY 4, 2011

REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 4, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), entitled,

as amended, "An act to empower cities of the second class A,

and third class, boroughs, incorporated towns, townships of

the first and second classes including those within a county

of the second class and counties of the second through eighth

classes, individually or jointly, to plan their development

and to govern the same by zoning, subdivision and land

development ordinances, planned residential development and

other ordinances, by official maps, by the reservation of

certain land for future public purpose and by the acquisition

of such land; to promote the conservation of energy through

the use of planning practices and to promote the effective

utilization of renewable energy sources; providing for the

establishment of planning commissions, planning departments,

planning committees and zoning hearing boards, authorizing

them to charge fees, make inspections and hold public

hearings; providing for mediation; providing for transferable

development rights; providing for appropriations, appeals to

courts and penalties for violations; and repealing acts and

parts of acts," further providing for implementation

agreements.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 1104(b)(1) of the act of July 31, 1968

(P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities

Planning Code, reenacted and amended December 21, 1988 (P.L.

1329, No.170) and amended June 22, 2000 (P.L.483, No.67), is

amended to read:

Section 1104. Implementation Agreements.--* * *

(b)  Cooperative implementation agreements shall:

(1)  Establish the process that the participating

municipalities will use to achieve general consistency

between the county or multimunicipal comprehensive plan and

zoning ordinances, subdivision and land development and

capital improvement plans within participating

municipalities, including [adoption] enactment of conforming

ordinances by participating municipalities within two years

and a mechanism for resolving disputes over the

interpretation of the multimunicipal comprehensive plan and

the consistency of implementing plans and ordinances. The

participating municipalities may amend the intergovernmental

cooperation agreement to extend the time to enact the

conforming ordinances by a period specified in the amendment,

but no longer than five years.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.