Informing residents of Local Government Actions
Prepared by Ed Franco , Citizen’s Group efranco99@comcast.net Method: A comprehensive spreadsheet of warehouses and distribution centers was created using real estate advertisements, tax records, and google earth. In some situations a site visit was used to confirm the construction or occupancy of specific warehouses. Warehouses in the following western Cumberland County townships were selected: …
The DECISION the supervisors took on Monday night was just that a decision they made against the will of the citizens. There was no obligation for the supervisors to re-zone. I can’t begin to understand why they sided with Allen Distribution’s application. Does this mean a warehouse will be built on the Bock/Shover property? NO! …
87% of the residents of West Pennsboro Township are opposed to warehouses next to residents. This is an overwhelming majority of the people yet the supervisors still voted to rezone 130 acres. How did I get 87%? According to the West Pennsboro Township Comprehensive Plan 87% of the residents think restrictions should be placed on …
Tomorrow morning the Cumberland County Planning Commission will be holding its monthly meeting. There are no West Pennsboro Township items on the agenda. I will not be able to attend this meeting. Tomorrow night the West Pennsboro Township Planning Commission will meet. They have two agenda items. The first is track and field development in …
The Bear Farm is 177.58 acres (Property Mapper). The majority of the property is zoned Agricultural. It appears the property is currently being used for agricultural purposes. The picture shows the part of the property that is currently zoned residential. This would also be the access to McAllister Church Road for the proposed development. An …
The Bear Farm is located on the western edge of West Pennsboro Township on Barnstable Road. The farm consists of over 170 acres that is currently zoned for Agricultural use. Here is the time line as far as I know. August 9th — West Pennsboro Township received an application to rezone the farm to Low …
I have been following the re-zoning request for the Bear Farm (about 170 acres) along Barnstable Road. Here is a link to Google Maps. This is what I have learned so far. The request is to change the property from Agricultural to Residential for a proposed housing development. One of a thousand proposed site plans …
I received no response from any of the supervisors when I asked for an explanation of their decision. The response from the county planning commission wasn’t acceptable in my opinion. The decision was based on past history with the township, apparently re-zoning these properties has been the townships plan for years. This was not the opinion …