a) The Zoning Hearing Board shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and render final adjudications in the following matters:
1) Substantive challenges to the validity of any land use ordinance, except those brought before the council as curative amendments.
2) 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 thirty (30) days after the effective date of said ordinance.
3) 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 therefore, the issuance of any cease and desist order or the registration or refusal to register any nonconforming use, structure or lot.
4) Appeals from a determination by a municipal engineer or the Zoning Officer with reference to the administration of any floodplain or Flood Hazard Ordinance or such provisions within a Land Use Ordinance.
5) Applications for variances from the terms of the Zoning Ordinance and Flood Hazard Ordinance or such provisions within a Land Use Ordinance, pursuant to this Ordinance.
6) Applications for special exceptions under the Zoning Ordinance or floodplain or Flood Hazard Ordinance or such provisions within a land use ordinance, pursuant to this Ordinance.
7) Appeals from the determination of any officer or agency charged with the administration of any transfers of development rights or performance density provisions of the Zoning Ordinance.
8) Appeals from the Zoning Officer's determination under Section 916.2 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code "Procedure to Obtain Preliminary Opinion."
9) Appeals from the determination of the Zoning Officer or municipal engineer in the administration of any Land Use Ordinance or provision thereof with reference to sedimentation and erosion control and stormwater management insofar as the same relate to development not involving subdivision, land development, or planned residential developments.