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Developer cancels Zoning Hearing Before the East Allen Board of Supervisors
By KERI LINDENMUTH For what has been at least the second time, Rock Lehigh Valley, LLC has canceled a zoning hearing before the East Allen Board of Supervisors. The cancellation was an unwelcome surprise for a handful of residents who came to the supervisors’ February 23 meeting and clearly frustrating for some members of the board. “I know everybody is busy,” said Chairman Roger Unangst. “To get yanked around like this…I do [not] think it is proper,” he continued. “We could have had other things on the agenda to deal with.” It is a cancellation, he says, that is not only messing up the schedules of concerned residents, but also the schedule of the township. The hearing for The Rockefeller Group company was last supposed to be held in October. Since then, the township has passed a new resolution that requires the board to vote on whether or not they even want to hold a zoning amendment hearing, which led supervisors on Thursday to contemplate whether the developers fall under the old system or the new resolution. Township Solicitor Joseph Piperato III said that the decision ultimately “comes down to the will of the board,” but the fact that the developers completed and submitted an application
for a hearing could be “problematic” if the board decides not to give them one. Instead, he suggested, the board could give the developers one more chance to hold a hearing, after which their hearing application will be withdrawn if they do not appear. The board agreed and asked Piperato to supply the developers with a list of meetings from May to the end of the year from which they can choose from for their third and final chance at a hearing. Other business during the meeting included a decision on which zoning district a proposed medical marijuana dispensary will fall under. Since Pennsylvania legalized medical marijuana last year, townships are required to allocate a zoning district to both dispensaries and growing operations. Although the township is currently drafting an ordinance on the issue, an unnamed medical marijuana dispensary has already expressed interest in a property on Route 329 and is inquiring as to whether the property, in the PC-1 zoning district, would be authorized as a dispensary. “This is one of the most regulated acts I have seen,” Piperato said of the state’s new ordinance. No processing will be done on Continued on page 4
BALD EAGLE IN BATH
By HOME NEWS STAFF Cynthia Anderson, Bath councilwoman, spotted a bald eagle on Thursday, February 23 and managed to capture a great photo. The photo was taken from Spyglass Hill Road in Bath.
Moore Township Historical Commission continues Work on Edelman Schoolhouse restoration By KERI LINDENMUTH During its second meeting of the year, on Wednesday, February 22, the Moore Township Historical Commission continued to work towards and discuss its plans for restoring the Edelman Schoolhouse on Longley Road. Last month, preservation planner Thomas Jones compiled a survey of the schoolhouse and its history. The commission reviewed the survey and submitted corrections, but has not yet heard any updates. However, they are still moving ahead with plans for the schoolhouse’s renovation,
including repairing the school’s eight wooden windows. “We have had two submissions on windows for the school,” said Supervisor Richard Gable. One of those submissions, for vinyl windows, was rejected because all of the windows must remain wooden. “We have to get the windows done first before we can move on to the plastering and painting,” explained Chairperson Charmaine Bartholomew. To raise funds for these renovations, the commission has been selling calendars at
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