§ 10908.1. Mediation option
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations
53 P.S. § 10908.1
§ 10908.1. Mediation option
(a) Parties to proceedings authorized in this article and Article X-A1 may utilize mediation as an aid in completing such proceedings. In proceedings before the zoning hearing board, in no case shall the zoning hearing board initiate mediation or participate as a mediating party. Mediation shall supplement, not replace, those procedures in this article and Article X-A once they have been formally initiated. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as expanding or limiting municipal police powers or as modifying any principles of substantive law.
(b) Participation in mediation shall be wholly voluntary. The appropriateness of mediation shall be determined by the particulars of each case and the willingness of the parties to negotiate. Any municipality offering the mediation option shall assure that, in each case, the mediating parties, assisted by the mediator as appropriate, develop terms and conditions for:
Credits
1968, July 31, P.L. 805, No. 247, art. IX, § 908.1, added 1988, Dec. 21, P.L. 1329, No. 170, § 85, effective in 60 days.
Footnotes
53 P.S. § 11001-A et seq.
53 P.S. § 10908.1, PA ST 53 P.S. § 10908.1
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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