On August 29 the Borough of Gettysburg Planning Department held an open house to present information about the rezoning effort that is currently underway. The Planning Commission is discussing individual districts at their regular meetings (3rd Monday of each month, 7 p.m.) At the open house, John Whitmore, Planning Director made a presentation, with plenty
The long-awaited drawings for the Gettysburg Station project were unveiled at the July 17th HARB meeting. The developer’s architect presented modern style buildings appropriate for a suburban office park, and did not even attempt to use elements of design reflecting the historic look of Gettysburg. It is possible to build new structures and have them
By Sue Cipperly, Gettysburg The Gettysburg Comprehensive Rezoning effort is needed. Piecemeal adjustments over the years have left the zoning ordinance contradicting itself, or including parts that don’t work as written. New uses have arrived in our world, and by Pennsylvania law, we need to decide where they can fit into our community. A small
At its March 27, 2023 work session, after two public hearings, the Gettysburg Borough Council discussed the proposed event venue ordinance that will affect seven zoning districts, and the proposed zoning map change that pertains to Johns and Highland Avenues. In support of the map change, Mr. Stone of Colt Park provided an eloquent statement
On Monday, March 27, the Gettysburg Borough Council will hold public hearings for two proposed zoning ordinance changes that will affect two neighborhoods in the Third Ward. One is the Johns Ave/Highland Avenue area, where there are single-family homes with good-sized yards, just south of the hospital. The other is just north of the hospital,
The Gettysburg Borough Council has been working for over a year on inserting a new category of “Event Venue” into the zoning ordinance. The owners of 68 W. High Street (as of Dec. 2020) want to have a business that would involve both indoor and outdoor events such as bridal showers and wedding receptions, parties,
The Borough Council was asked to consider a change to the zoning ordinance for the Elm Street Overlay area, which lies between Middle Street and South Street, and between Franklin Street and Court Alley (the Methodist Church) on West High Street. (See map) This area has been dubbed “Olde Getty Place”. The change request is