ADOPTING ORDINANCE
TOWNSHIP OF PLAINS
LUZERNE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
ORDINANCE NO. 3-2018
ADOPTING ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF PLAINS, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES.
   WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of the political subdivision are inadequately arranged and classified and are insufficient in form and substance for the complete preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the municipality and for the proper conduct of its affairs; and
   WHEREAS, the Acts of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania empower and authorize the political subdivision to revise, amend, restate, codify and compile any existing ordinances and all new ordinances not heretofore adopted or published and to incorporate such ordinance in book form; and
   WHEREAS, the Legislative Authority of the Political Subdivision has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the Political Subdivision of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinance in book forms; and
   WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for the usual daily operation of the municipality and for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the municipality that this ordinance take effect at an early date.
   NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF PLAINS:
Section 1.   The general ordinance of the Political Subdivision as revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are hereby adopted and shall constitute the “Code of Ordinances of the Township of Plains, Pennsylvania.”
Section 2.   Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following Titles:
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TOWNSHIP OF PLAINS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1         Administration and Government
Chapter 2         Animals
Chapter 3         [Reserved]
Chapter 4         [Reserved]
Chapter 5         Code Enforcement
Chapter 6         Conduct
Chapter 7         Emergency Management
Chapter 8         [Reserved]
Chapter 9         [Reserved]
Chapter 10         Health and Safety
Chapter 11         Housing
Chapter 12         [Reserved]
Chapter 13         Licenses, Permits and General Business Regulations
Chapter 14         [Reserved]
Chapter 15         Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 16         Parks and Recreation
Chapter 17         [Reserved]
Chapter 18         Sewers and Sewage Disposal
Chapter 19         [Reserved]
Chapter 20         Solid Waste
Chapter 21         Streets and Sidewalks
Chapter 22         Subdivision and Land Development
Chapter 23         Stormwater Management
Chapter 24         Taxation; Special
Chapter 25         [Reserved]
Chapter 26         [Reserved]
Chapter 27         Zoning
Appendix
      A         Adjustments to Township Boundaries
      B         Debt and Bond Issues
      C         Franchises and Services
      D         Governmental and Intergovernmental Affairs
      E         Plan Approval
      F         Public Property
      G         Sewers
      H         Streets and Sidewalks
      I         Water
      J         Zoning; Prior Ordinances
Fee Schedule
Table to Disposition of All Ordinances
Table to Disposition of Significant Resolutions
Index
Section 3.   All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in such Code of Ordinances shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part in such Code; provided, such repeal shall not affect any offense committed or penalty incurred or any right established prior to the effective date of this ordinance, nor shall such repeal affect the provisions of ordinances levying taxes, appropriating money, annexing or detaching territory, establishing franchises, or granting special rights to certain persons authorizing public improvements, authorizing the issuance of bonds or borrowing of money, authorizing the purchase or sale of real or personal property, granting or accepting easements, plat or dedication of land to public use, vacating or setting the boundaries of streets or other public places; nor shall such repeal affect any other ordinance of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained in or covered by the Code.
Section 4.   Such Code shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the Legislative Authority and the Secretary of the Township of Plains is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of such Code of Ordinances in the Law Library of the Luzerne County Courthouse.
Section 5.   Such Code shall be in full force and effect as provided in Section 6, and such Code shall be presumptive evidence in all courts and places of the ordinance and all provisions, sections, penalties and regulations therein contained and of the date of passage, and that the same is properly signed, attested, recorded, and approved and that any public hearings and notices thereof as required by law have been given.
Section 6.   This ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the peace, health, safety and general welfare of the people of this municipality, and shall take effect at the earliest date provided by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Township of Plains on this 10th day of May, 2018.
ATTEST:                      TOWNSHIP OF PLAINS
Patricia Sluhocki /s/                 By   Gerald Yozwiak /s/ 
Secretary                     Gerald Yozwiak, Chairman
                        Township of Plains Board of Commissioners
(SEAL)