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The Straban Township Board of Supervisors passed its 2026 budget and discussed land development business at its final meeting of 2025. They voted unanimously to pass the budget for 2026. Supervisor Fred Kammerer summarized the budget as “No new taxes. It’s available if anybody wants to look at it any time.” During the public comment
The Straban Township Planning Commission met Wednesday, September 24, hearing plans for upgrades to a local ag business and discussing possible edits to their own codes. Agricultural Commodities, Inc. — 1596 Granite Station Road Employees from Ag Com gave a presentation about their proposal to build new structures to improve their fertilizer business, which serves
The Gettysburg Planning Commission voted unanimously to postpone action on the preliminary/final plan for the Gettysburg station project until the meeting on November 17. The developers requested this action to continue working on the plans with Borough Staff and state agencies. Planning Director John Whitmore said the parties hope to finish the review of the
The Gettysburg Planning Commission reviewed updated plans for the Gettysburg Welcome Center and considered whether to adopt guidelines for public comments during their July 2025 meeting. The Commission unanimously approved the updated land use plans for the welcome center, located at 340 Baltimore Street. The plan was previously conditionally approved on May 20, 2024, according
The Gettysburg Planning Commission hasœ voted unanimously to extend the time period of its review of the Gettysburg Station development plans to September. This was expected and will allow all parties to continue with the technical review and impact studies required for a plan of this scope, borough staff said. If the developer does not
The Gettysburg Historical Architecture Review Board asked a local business owner to look for alternatives to demolishing a historic home to make way for a “pocket park,” that would feature bronze monuments of the Declaration of Independence and other U.S. founding documents. Jacqueline White, managing director of the Dobbin House Restaurant and Tavern, brought a
After about a year of consideration, the Gettysburg Planning Commission voted unanimously to advance their recommendations for the repeal and rewrite of the borough’s zoning code. The Borough Council will take up the project at their workshop at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, beginning the third and final phase of the rewrite project. The Council
The Gettysburg Planning Commission voted to hold a special meeting on May 5 at 7:00 p.m. in the Borough building in hopes of finalizing their recommendations for the rewrite of the borough’s zoning ordinance. The ordinance will then pass to the Borough Council, which will make the final decisions about the content of the ordinance.
The Gettysburg Planning Commission re-examined a previous map change and proposed the creation of a new zoning district in their meeting on Monday, as part of the ongoing Zoning Code Update/Rewrite Project. The Commission met for a little over two hours, its tenth meeting since undertaking the rezoning project. Member John Rice was absent, and
Straban will hold a public hearing Monday, March 3, to allow input on zoning regulations that would govern any data center projects seeking approval to build in the township in the future. Township staff has crafted a draft ordinance based on examples from other municipalities and input from the township’s engineer, zoning officer, and attorney,
The Gettysburg Planning Commission met for nearly two and a half hours on February 18 to continue the comprehensive rezoning project. In their discussions, the commission reached a consensus on including a portion of West Middle Street in the draft map’s neighborhood commercial zone rather than the residential R-2 section. Borough staff will work to
The Hamilton Township Board of Supervisors voted Monday, February 3, 2025 to start the process of reexamining the regulations in their zoning code, with the aim of placing some restrictions on the scale of warehouse projects in their commercial zoning district. This follows an extended and costly legal battle over a proposed warehouse at the
The Gettysburg Planning Commission decided to take one more month to consider their ongoing comprehensive rezoning project. But they hope to vote on a draft ordinance to pass forward to the Gettysburg Borough Council at their February meeting . The commission convened for the first time in 2025 on Tuesday, January 21. As with previous
While snow clouds blanketed the sky Monday, January 6, the Straban Township supervisors heard competing testimony about proposed solar projects in the township. The two projects under discussion are known as the Adams Miller Solar Development, located at 30 Miller Road, and Adams Buohl Solar Development, located at 2145 Old Harrisburg Road, both proposed by
The Hamilton Township Zoning Hearing Board (ZHB) unanimously denied a developer’s application for two zoning matters that would have allowed the development of a 620,000 square foot warehouse to move forward. The project, proposed by NOBPA, LLC, was to be located at the cross section of Rt. 94 and Rt. 30 and include a warehouse
The Gettysburg Planning Commission revisited the two biggest questions facing the zoning code rewrite project at their meeting on Monday — building heights, and the definition of “family.” Final decisions are likely to be made soon, as the commission hopes to come to consensus on a re-written zoning ordinance at their next meeting scheduled for
The final session of the hearing for an embattled warehouse development application took place before the Hamilton Township Zoning Hearing Board (ZHB) Thursday, November 7. Objectors called witnesses to testify against the granting of zoning approvals for a 621,000 square ft. warehouse at the Cross Keys intersection of Rt. 30 and Rt. 94, as proposed
An ongoing hearing about zoning requests for a warehouse facility in the “Cross Keys” area near the intersection of Rt. 30 and Rt. 94 reconvened Monday, October 28 for four more hours of testimony. With more witnesses yet to testify, the hearing will resume Thursday, November 7 at 6:00 p.m. in the meeting room of
The Conewago Township Zoning Hearing Board (ZHB) approved a zoning request that will allow developers to take next steps for a facility to convert food waste to natural gas. The ruling was announced at a decisional meeting Thursday, October 10, 2024. The board heard zoning requests from developers Divert Real Estate Holdings, LLC, who presented
The Conewago Township Zoning Hearing Board (ZHB) will meet Thursday, October 10 at 6:00 p.m. for a decisional meeting on zoning matters for a proposed food waste to natural gas facility. The meeting will be held at the Conewago Township Municipal Building, 541 Oxford Ave., Hanover. The agenda is posted to the Township’s website. The
The Gettysburg Borough Planning Commission met for nearly three hours on Monday, September 16, to continue discussions of the borough’s comprehensive rezoning project. The meeting focused on the specifics of the Revitalization district, a new zoning district that is proposed near the core of downtown, and the R-2 residential district. The task of the Gettysburg
The next increment of a zoning hearing concerning a large scale warehouse complex project in Cross Keys was pushed back again so the developer can alter the project’s plans. The Hamilton Township Zoning Hearing Board convened briefly August 26, 2024 to accept a motion for continuation from the attorney representing the developer, David Tshudy. https://www.facebook.com/communitymedia.net/videos/1044386003942640
The Gettysburg Planning Commission dug into details of the borough’s zoning districts and land use regulations in their August 19, 2024, meeting where they continued the project of drafting a new zoning ordinance. The commission worked through specifics of three of the 13 zoning districts included in a draft created by a committee over a
The Gettysburg Planning Commission continued the task of reviewing a new draft zoning ordinance for the borough of Gettysburg at their meeting yesterday. The commission heard two presentations from residents who wished to make specific recommendations for revisions. Before the comments, Commission Chair Charles Strauss said the commission would be looking at many sources of
The Hamilton Township Zoning Hearing Board met June 25 and 26, 2024 to hear nearly 8 hours of testimony regarding a proposed warehouse and commercial development near the Cross Keys intersection. No final decision on the application was made Wednesday night, and the board will convene again on August 26 at 6:00 p.m. at the
The Gettysburg Planning Commission and Borough staff will host an open house on July 29 to seek public input on changes to the revised zoning ordinance. The open house will be held at the Gettysburg Municipal Building, 59 East High Street Gettysburg, PA. The time of the meeting is to be announced. Administrative staff will
The preliminary plan for Granite Lake, a subdivison of single family homes and townhouses behind the Giant Food Store in Gettysburg, was granted conditional approval by the Straban Township Board of Supervisors on Monday. The layout of the planned neighborhood is centered around an existing body of water and will be located behind the Gettysburg
The second zoning hearing for a proposed warehouse and trucking terminal in the Cross Keys area of Hamilton Township was pushed back to late June due to a shortage of voting members present from the Zoning Hearing Board. The rescheduled hearing will take place Tuesday, June 25 at 6:00 p.m. and likely continue the next