Yesterday, I was asked about the remainder of the comprehensive plan, which we have not covered yet. The township will be holding a rezoning hearing on July 6th and since this plan was mentioned during both planning commission and supervisors meetings while discussing this rezoning and because some residents want to see the rest of […]
Do You Know What North East Township Has Planned for Zoning?
The comprehensive plan we’ve been discussing has many parts, but we’re jumping ahead just a bit because there will soon be a public hearing to consider a rezoning request. As we noted already, during the last planning meeting, residents were told the rezoning request was in line with “the plan,” and what we were told […]
Goals and Objectives of the North East Area Comprehensive Plan
Every plan has a goal, whether it’s losing that last ten pounds, getting a college degree or finding a job, but the North East comprehensive plan is a lot more ambitious than that. The goals and objectives are to: … develop and preserve a pleasant, attractive, healthy, safe, efficient and convenient community environment for living, […]
What is the North East Area Comprehensive Plan?
After attending many meetings of the planning commission and supervisors over the past two years, it was a bit unusual to hear “the plan” referred to in both meetings Monday evening during discussions of a rezoning issue. It has been mentioned before, though rarely, but Monday’s references by both planning commission alternate member Susan Sprague […]
Rezoning Issue Raises Tensions in Planning and Supervisors Meetings
The Monday evening meetings of both the North East Township planning commission and the supervisors brought a group of residents from the neighborhood centered on South Washington street to air concerns over a proposed rezoning, from R2 residential to B1 commercial, of a property, owned by Lloyd and Joan Bemiss, adjacent to the Roberts Trucking […]
Proposed Changes to the North East Township Zoning Ordinance
The Planning Commission presented recommended changes to the township zoning ordinance at the North East Township supervisors meeting on November 17. Though the supervisors said they would study those changes, the public was not told what they were during the meeting, but the newspaper lists them in their report. According to the newspaper the proposed changes […]