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AMENDMENTS
§ 156.165 GENERAL.
   The City Council may introduce and consider amendments to this chapter and to the zoning map, as proposed by a member of the City Council, by the Planning Commission, or by a petition of a person residing or owning property within the city, in accordance with 53 P.S. §§ 10609 of the Planning Code.
(Ord. 1347, passed 3-18-1991)
§ 156.166 PETITIONS.
   Petitions for amendment shall be filed with the Planning Commission and the petitioner, upon such filing shall pay an advertising deposit and a filing fee, in accordance with a schedule established by City Council resolution. The Planning Commission shall review the proposed amendment and report its findings and recommendations in writing to City Council.
(Ord. 1347, passed 3-18-1991)
§ 156.167 REFERRAL.
   Any proposed amendment presented to City Council shall be referred to the City Planning Commission and the County Department of Planning for review and recommendations prior to a public hearing by City Council. A 30-day review period by these planning agencies shall be allowed before the City Council may take final action on the amendment.
(Ord. 1347, passed 3-18-1991)
§ 156.168 ACTION.
   (A)   Before acting upon a proposed amendment, City Council shall hold a public hearing thereon. Notice of such public hearing shall be published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. Such notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and the particular nature of the amendment to be considered. The first publication shall be not more than 30 days and the second publication shall not be less than seven days from the date of the hearing.
   (B)   If the proposed amendment involves a zoning map change, notice of said public hearing shall be conspicuously posted by the city at points deemed sufficient by the city, along the perimeter of the tract to notify potentially interested citizens. The affected tract or area shall be posted at least one week prior to the date of the hearing.
   (C)   Within 30 days after enactment, a copy of the amendment to the zoning ordinance shall be forwarded to the County Department of Planning.
(Ord. 1347, passed 3-18-1991)
§ 156.169 CURATIVE AMENDMENTS.
   A landowner in the city who desires to challenge on substantive ground the validity of this zoning ordinance or map, or any provision thereof which prohibits or restricts the use or development of land in which he or she has an interest, may submit a curative amendment to the City Council with a written request that his or her challenge and proposed amendment be heard and decided as provided in 53 P.S. §§ 10609.1 and 10609.2 of the Planning Code. As with other proposed amendments, the curative amendment shall be referred to the Planning Commission and the County Department of Planning at least 30 days before the public hearing is conducted by City Council.
(Ord. 1347, passed 3-18-1991)
§ 156.999 PENALTY.
   Any person, partnership or corporation who or which has violated or permitted the violation of the provisions of this zoning ordinance shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by the city, pay a judgment of not more than $500 plus all court costs, including attorney fees incurred by a municipality as a result thereof. If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the city may enforce the said judgment pursuant to the applicable rules of civil procedure. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation, unless the district justice determining that there has been a violation further determines that there was a good faith basis for the person, partnership or corporation violating the ordinance to have believed that there was no such violation, in which event there shall be deemed to have been only one such violation until the fifth day following the date of the determination of a violation by the District Justice and thereafter each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation. All judgments, costs and reasonable attorney fee collected for the violation of this chapter shall be paid to the city.
(Ord. 1347, passed 3-18-1991)