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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 10304. Legal status of county comprehensive plans within municipalities

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Following the adoption of a comprehensive plan or any part thereof by a county, pursuant to the procedures in section 302,  1 any proposed action of the governing body of a municipality, its departments, agencies and appointed authorities within the county shall be submitted to the county planning agency for its recommendations if the proposed action relates to:

(1) the location, opening, vacation, extension, widening, narrowing or enlargement of any street, public ground, pierhead or watercourse;

(2) the location, erection, demolition, removal or sale of any public structures located within the municipality;  

(3) the adoption, amendment or repeal of any comprehensive plan, official map, subdivision or land ordinance, zoning ordinance or provisions for planned residential development;  or

(4) the construction, extension or abandonment of any water line, sewer line or sewage treatment facility.

(b) The recommendation of the planning agency shall be made to the governing body of the municipality within 45 days and the proposed action shall not be taken until such recommendation is made.  If, however, the planning agency fails to act within 45 days, the governing body shall proceed without its recommendation.

1  53 P.S. § 10302.
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