(A) In compiling this code of ordinances, no substantive changes in the meaning or intent of such ordinances have been made, except certain grammatical changes and other minor non-substantive changes were made in one or more of said pieces of legislation. It is the intention of the Board of Supervisors that all such changes be adopted as part of this code as if the ordinances had been previously formally amended to read as such.
(B) Throughout this code, references to the following agencies or officials are updated as indicated:
(1) “Department of Environmental Resources” or “DER” to “Department of Environmental Protection” or “DEP;”
(2) “Department of Community Affairs” or “DCA” to “Department of Community and Economic Development” or “DCED;”
(3) “Justice of the Peace,” “District Magistrate,” “Magisterial District Justice,” and “District Justice” to “Magisterial District Judge;”
(4) “Soil Conservation Service” or “SCS” to “Natural Resources Conservation Service” or “NRCS;”
(5) “Dog Warden” to “Animal Control Officer;” and
(6) “Zoning Board of Adjustment” to “Zoning Hearing Board.”
(C) Throughout this code of ordinances, wherever state or federal statutes are referenced, the references shall read as follows:
(1) Pennsylvania Clean Streams Act, 35 P.S. §§ 691.1 et seq.;
(2) Pennsylvania Dam Safety and Encroachments Act, 32 P.S. §§ 693.1 et seq.;
(3) Pennsylvania Farmland and Forest Land Assessment Act (Clean and Green, Act 319), 72 P.S. §§ 5490.1 et seq.;
(4) Pennsylvania Fiscal Code, 72 P.S.;
(5) Pennsylvania Floodplain Management Act, 32 P.S. §§ 679.101 et seq.;
(6) Pennsylvania Hazardous Material and Emergency Planning and Response Act, 35 P.S. §§ 6022.101 et seq.;
(7) Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, 53 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 2301 et seq.;
(8) Pennsylvania Local Tax Collection Law, 72 P.S. §§ 5511.1 et seq.;
(9) Pennsylvania Local Tax Enabling Act, 53 P.S. §§ 6924.101 et seq.;
(10) Pennsylvania Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law, 53 P.S. §§ 7101 et seq.;
(11) Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Law, 53 P.S. §§ 888.101 et seq.;
(12) Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. §§ 10101 et seq.;
(13) Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act, 77 P.S. §§ 1201 et seq.;
(14) Pennsylvania Open Space Lands Act (Act 442), 32 P.S. §§ 5001 et seq.;
(15) Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act, 35 P.S. §§ 721.1 et seq.;
(16) Pennsylvania Second Class Township Code, 53 P.S. §§ 65101 et seq.;
(17) Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act (Act 537), 35 P.S. §§ 750.1 et seq.;
(18) Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act, 35 P.S. §§ 6018.101 et seq.;
(19) Pennsylvania State Human Relations Act, 43 P.S. §§ 951 et. seq.;
(20) Pennsylvania Stormwater Management Act, 32 P.S. §§ 680.1 et seq.;
(21) Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act, 68 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 3101 et seq.;
(22) Pennsylvania Uniform Planned Community Act, 68 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 5101 et seq.;
(23) Pennsylvania Workers Compensation Act, 77 P.S.;
(24) United States Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.;
(25) United States Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601 et seq.; and
(26) United States Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq.
(Ord. passed - -2022)