PRINTER'S NO. 2236
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1555
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY TRUITT, DUSH, COHEN, MURT AND WATSON,
SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
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," in subdivision and land development, further
providing for approval of plats.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 508 introductory paragraph 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.495,
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No.68), is amended and the section is amended by adding a
paragraph to read:
Section 508. Approval of Plats.--All applications for
approval of a plat (other than those governed by Article VII),
whether preliminary or final, shall be acted upon by the
governing body or the planning agency within such time limits as
may be fixed in the subdivision and land development ordinance
but the governing body or the planning agency shall render its
decision and communicate it to the applicant not later than 90
days following the date of the regular meeting of the governing
body or the planning agency (whichever first reviews the
application) next following the date the application is filed or
after a final order of court remanding an application, provided
that should the said next regular meeting occur more than 30
days following the filing of the application or the final order
of the court, the said 90-day period shall be measured from the
30th day following the day the application has been filed. The
following shall apply:
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(8) No plat may be finally approved unless the plat
contains a notice from the design consultant stating that:
(i) the design consultant has been properly
compensated for the creation of the development plan; and
(ii) the provisions of the development plan have
been released for use by the municipality and any
applicable regulatory agency.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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