Morrisville Bank v. Township of Falls

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Section 609 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act of July 31, 1968, P.L. 805, as amended, 53 P.S. §10609, effective at the time of the operative occurrences of this case, provided:

“For the preparation of amendments to zoning ordinances, the procedure set forth in this- article for *151the preparation of a proposed zoning ordinance shall be permissive. Before voting on the enactment of an amendment, the governing body shall hold a public hearing thereon, pursuant to public notice. In the case of an amendment other than that prepared by the planning agency,…