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The following criteria shall be applied by the Zoning Hearing Board to special exception and variance applications involving a nonconforming use, building or structure or occur:
A. The activity, building or structure shall not create further deviations from the area, bulk and height requirements of the applicable district.
B. Public water and sewage disposal service have been certified as adequate by the Township Engineer.
C. Sinkholes have been protected and groundwater supplies have been safegrounded.
D. Emergency vehicles are provided direct access to the activity, building or structure, and to adjacent properties.
(Ord. 3/9/1993B, § 907)
PART 10
ZONING HEARING BOARD
ZONING HEARING BOARD
The Board shall consist of three residents of Lamar Township to be appointed by the Township Board of Supervisors. The terms of the initial appointees shall be for 1, 2 and 3 years from the date of appointment. Their successors shall be appointed for the term of 3 years after the expiration of the terms of their predecessors in office. A Board member may be removed by the appointing authority for just cause only after written charges are filed and only after a public hearing. Members of the Board shall hold no other office in the Township, except that no more than one member may also be a member of the Township Planning Commission.
(Ord. 3/9/1993B, § 1001)
Any Board member may be removed for malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance in office, for failure to attend three consecutive meetings of the Planning Commission without adequate notification and explanation, or for other just cause by a majority vote of the Supervisors which appointed the member, taken after the member has received 15 days advance notice of the intent to take such a vote. A hearing shall be held in connection with the vote if the Board member shall request it in writing.
(Ord. 3/9/1993B, § 1002)
1. The Board shall elect from its own membership its officers, who shall serve annual terms as such and may succeed themselves. For the conduct of any hearing and taking of any action, a quorum shall be not less than a majority of all the members of the Board.
2. Meetings and hearings of the Board shall be held at the call of the chairperson of the
Board and at such other times as determined by the Board by majority vote.
3. The Board shall, upon appeal of a decision by an administrative official, decide any question involving the interpretation of any provision of this Chapter, including determination of the exact location of any district boundary if there is uncertainty with respect thereto.
(Ord. 3/9/1993B, § 1004)
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