§ 1005 Persons Entitled to Initiate Action Before the Board and Jurisdiction.
   Appeals under this Section shall be filed with the Township staff in writing by the landowner affected, any officer or agency of the Township, or any person aggrieved. Requests for a variance and for a special exception may be filed with the Board by any landowner or any tenant with the permission of such landowner. The Zoning Hearing Board shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and render final adjudication in the following matters:
      A.   Substantive challenges to the validity of any land use ordinance, except those brought before the Board of Supervisors pursuant to this Ordinance.
      B.   Challenges to the validity of a land use ordinance raising procedural questions or alleged defects in the process of enactment or adoption which challenges shall be raised by an appeal taken within 30 days after the effective date of said Ordinance.
      C.   Appeals from the determination of the Zoning Officer, including, but not limited to, the granting or denial of any permit, or failure to act on the application thereof, the issuance of any enforcement order or the registration or refusal to register any nonconforming use, structure or lot.
      D.   Appeals from a determination by the Township Engineer or the Zoning Officer with reference to the administration of any floodplain ordinance or such provisions this Ordinance.
      E.   Applications for variances from the terms of this Ordinance.
      F.   Applications for special exceptions under this Ordinance.
      G.   Appeals from the determination of any officer or agency charged with the administration of any performance standard provisions of this Ordinance.
      H.   Appeals from the Zoning Officer’s determination under § 916.2 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended.
      I.   Appeals from the determination of the Zoning Officer or Township Engineer in the administration of any land use ordinance or provision thereof with reference to sedimentation and erosion control and stormwater management that is not part of the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.
(Ord. passed 10-2-2007, § 1004)