Bill Text: PA HB1723 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In zoning hearing board and other administrative proceedings, providing for compelled removal of outdoor advertising displays.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 20-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-24 - Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT [HB1723 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB1723-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2206
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1723 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY EMRICK, AUMENT, BOYD, BRENNAN, COX, CUTLER, DUNBAR, EVANKOVICH, GILLEN, HARHART, HEFFLEY, HICKERNELL, LAWRENCE, MALONEY, OBERLANDER, PEIFER, PICKETT, ROCK, SCAVELLO AND STERN, JUNE 24, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JUNE 24, 2011
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), entitled,
as amended, "An act to empower cities of the second class A,
and third class, boroughs, incorporated towns, townships of
the first and second classes including those within a county
of the second class and counties of the second through eighth
classes, individually or jointly, to plan their development
and to govern the same by zoning, subdivision and land
development ordinances, planned residential development and
other ordinances, by official maps, by the reservation of
certain land for future public purpose and by the acquisition
of such land; to promote the conservation of energy through
the use of planning practices and to promote the effective
utilization of renewable energy sources; providing for the
establishment of planning commissions, planning departments,
planning committees and zoning hearing boards, authorizing
them to charge fees, make inspections and hold public
hearings; providing for mediation; providing for transferable
development rights; providing for appropriations, appeals to
courts and penalties for violations; and repealing acts and
parts of acts," in zoning hearing board and other
administrative proceedings, providing for compelled removal
of outdoor advertising displays.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known
as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, reenacted and
amended December 21, 1988 (P.L.1329, No.170), is amended by
adding a section to read:
Section 919. Compelled Removal of Outdoor Advertising
Displays.--(a) The following shall apply in cases in which an
outdoor advertising display is lawfully placed on a lot:
(1) If the land use ordinances in effect at the time an
outdoor advertising display is lawfully placed on a lot do
not require that the outdoor advertising display be removed
as a condition or prerequisite for concurrent use approval,
those ordinances, if not amended, shall not be subsequently
applied so as to require that the outdoor advertising display
be removed as a condition or prerequisite for concurrent use
approval.
(2) If the land use ordinances or amendments adopted
after an outdoor advertising display has been lawfully placed
on a lot prohibit concurrent use approval, the outdoor
advertising display shall be deemed a preexisting
nonconforming use with regard to that prohibition and as
such, the municipality may not enforce a subsequently adopted
provision in the land use ordinance which would require that
the preexisting nonconforming outdoor advertising display be
removed as a condition or prerequisite to concurrent use
approval.
(3) The protection afforded an outdoor advertising
display under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply if the
requested permit, license or approval is for construction of
a building or structure which cannot be built without
physically removing the outdoor advertising display.
(b) The term "concurrent use approval" as used in this
section shall mean the issuance or continuance of a permit,
license or other approval for a particular use, structure,
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development or activity on the lot on which the outdoor
advertising display has been placed.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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