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NOTICE
DOYLESTOWN TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS

Applications are being accepted by the Doylestown Township Board of Supervisors for possible vacancies on the following boards and committees:

Agricultural Security Area Council
Bike & Hike Committee
Board of Appeals
Doylestown Township Municipal Authority
Environmental Advisory Council/Shade Tree Commission
Historical Architectural Review Board
Open Space & Farmland Preservation Board
Parks & Recreation Board
Performing Arts Council
Planning Commission
Public Water & Sewer Advisory Committee
Summit on Aging
Telecommunications Advisory Board
Township Botanist
Township Ornithologist
Traffic Advisory Committee
Ways & Means Committee

Vacancy Board
Zoning Hearing Board

If you are interested in serving on any of the above boards or committees, please send a letter of interest and resume to Doylestown Township.  Please indicate which board or committee you would like to serve on. Letters should be addressed to the Board of Supervisors, Doylestown Township Municipal Building, 425 Wells Road, Doylestown, PA 18901

Please see individual Boards for vacancies.
 

• All meetings are open to the public.

• Please view the Meeting and Event calendar for the current month's schedule.  

• Unless otherwise specified, please direct correspondence to:
  (Member's Name), (Board or Commission)
  c/o Stephanie Mason, Township Manager
  425 Wells Road
  Doylestown, PA 18901

Agricultural Security Advisory Council

Members are elected for a six year term.

The EAC is an advisory council that focuses on environmental issues that directly and indirectly affect the Township and its residents. Among the EAC's monthly tasks are the review of current development plans and discussion of other current or anticipated issues. These issues include waste collection, recycling (batteries, leaves, cardboard, medicine), Tree City USA (since 1998), Arbor day, World Wide day of Play, and the Audubon Society’s Bird Town program. For the past several years, the EAC has been airing the EAC hour every evening on the government access cable channel.
The EAC's reviews translate into recommendations on the environmental protection standards regarding submitted plans. These comments, in accordance with Township ordinances, are then submitted to the Planning Commission and Township Supervisors to be addressed as part of the overall review of a development project.
At the request of the Township Supervisors, or in response to relevant opportunities, the EAC provides advice to the Township Supervisors. This advice may include letters of comment on various environmental issues, reports of progress or proposed action, reviews, evaluation of land development ordinances being written or revised, and the outcome of joining with other Township officials for special events and programs.

The DTMA owns and operates the three systems which supply Doylestown Township water, per an agreement between DTMA and Doylestown Township Board of Supervisors, for forty (40) years starting February 16, 1993 and running through February 16, 2033.

DTMA is an operating Authority and will follow guidelines per Township approved water utility master plan as prepared by Huth Engineers.

DTMA agrees the Board of Supervisors must approve:
     - Acquisition or sale of property
     - Construction of utility infrastructure
     - Creation of capital improvement fund in excess of $500,000.00
     - Usage rate structures, districts and means of financing

DTMA agrees to establish an annual budget, pay all obligations, reimburse Township for expenses related to use of Township facilities and staff, and to promote expansion into other Central Bucks areas.

Members are appointed to a five year term.

The P&R Board advises the Board of Supervisors on matters of recreation policy and the development and maintenance of parks and open spaces in the Township.  The Board also hosts Doylestown Township's free Summer Concert Series each summer in Central Park off Wells Road.

Members are appointed to a five year term.

Members are appointed to a four year term.

The Board of Supervisors, in 1994, established the Cable Television Advisory Board, presently known as the Telecommunications Advisory Board (TAB), to make recommendations on cable television issues. The TAB reviews cable company residents' service complaints, recommends cable ordinances, franchises and franchise renewals, and are a member of the Central Bucks Cable Television Consortium and meet with other municipalities with similar concerns.

Members are appointed to a one year term.

Drivers should anticipate delays at each of the work zones and are advised to add extra time for travel through these areas. All planned activities are contingent on the weather.

PennDOT is investing more than $200 million in state funds to build the nine-mile long Route 202 Parkway in Bucks and Montgomery counties and to improve roads approaching the Parkway’s entrances.

PennDot Traffic Calming Handbook

Emil Kiss, Jr.

The Zoning Hearing Board is a quasi-judicial body appointed by the Board of Supervisors. The Board has the following powers:

     a. To hear and decide appeals from a decision or determination of any administrative official in connection with the Zoning Ordinance and amendments thereto. Such appeals must be made within 30 days after the date of the decision.

     b. To grant Special Exceptions, where the Special Exception is authorized by a provision of the Zoning Ordinance which applies to the Zoning District within the property, which is the subject of the application, lies. Such Special Exception will only be grated when the proposed use of the property use of the property and /or the physical characteristics of the property conform to the standards and criteria set forth by the Zoning Ordinance as prerequisites for the granting of the Special Exception. A Special Exception will not be granted where the public interest will be injured. The burden of proving that the grant of Special Exception would be contrary to the public interest shall be upon those opposing the grant of such a Special Exception.

     c. To grant Variances from the terms of the Zoning Ordinance. The Board may only grant a Variance where, owing to special conditions prevailing on the subject property, a literal enforcement of the Zoning Ordinance will result in an unnecessary hardship, meaning that the property owner will be prevented from making reasonable use of the property. The burden of proving the existence of an unnecessary hardship and proving that the proposal will not harm neighboring properties or the public good rests upon the applicant. The circumstances which give rise to such hardship must be unique to the subject property. The possibility that the applicant will gain a greater financial return if a Variance is granted does not in itself constitute a sufficient reason for the granting of a Variance.

No decision by the Zoning Hearing Board relieves any applicant from the responsibility of obtaining any required permits in the manner prescribed by Township Ordinance or State Law.

Members are appointed to a staggered five year term.

Please direct all correspondence to:
[member's name], Zoning Hearing Board
425 Wells Rd

Doylestown, PA 18901