Public works & Codes & FIRE

911

737-8596

737-1570

737-4623

737-4623

737-3456

Fax 730-3961

TDD

1-800-654-5984

Camp Hill Borough Office Hours

Monday–Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm

Mailing Address:

2145 Walnut Street, Camp Hill, PA 17011 website: camphillborough.com general email: info@camphillborough.com

Borough Manager Sara Gibson ..... ext 1042

Recreation Director – Audrey Logar ext 1019

Codes Enforcement Officer ext 1014

Sewer, Trash & Storm Water Billing ext 1022

Public Works Department 730-3694

Borough Council

Alissa Packer President

Bonnie Bentz Vice-President

Jennifer Hoover, Mercedes Evans, Michele

Forbes, Emily Smith,Sherry Bowman

Solicitor – E. Lee Stinnett

All council members are accessible by email through the Borough website or at the montly Council meeting (2nd Wed at 7 pm)

Tax Collector – Amy Baron 737-2731 camphilltaxcollector@gmail.com

• ADA ramps installed with new crosswalks.

• Russel road culvert replacement.

STREET SWEEPING

• Street Sweeping is scheduled to begin on April 3rd .

• Please avoid placing grass clippings, tree limbs, or any other debris in the street. This can cause damage to the machinery and down time for the operators.

• Sweeping takes place the day AFTER your regular trash collection on the 2nd and 4th weeks of the month.

• Please check the Borough website for schedule changes or updates.

Compost Facility

• OPEN 6am- 7pm daily. The Borough may close the facility for maintenance, material processing, or a lack of space for waste.

• Compost access cards are valid only for the calendar year in which they are purchased. To renew or obtain a card please visit the Borough office or you can print out the registration form from the website, fill it out completely, sign it and drop the form and a check off in the drop box at the front of the borough building.

• Starting April 3rd, mulch loading services will be provided on Monday & Fridays ONLY, from 7:30 am to 8:30 am. Mulch loading ends on October 6th.

• Please check the Public Works page on the Borough website for full details, guidelines, and closure updates.

Codes Enforcement

STREET OBSTRUCTIONS BORO

CODE CHAPTER 176-10

Works crew are to keep their vision on the street while driving. It is likely that they won’t take notice of a basketball hoop in the rightof-way, particularly in dangerous weather. We have clearance guidelines for Shade Trees for the same reason.

Shade Trees Boro Code187

Trees that are within the street rights-ofway in the Borough are required to meet the standards of the ordinance. Trees must have 8’ of clearance above the sidewalk. From the curb to a point 6’ out into the street, the clearance is 14’. From that 6’ mark and out to the middle of the street requires an 18’ clearance. If the tree is on the private residence but overhangs the public right-ofway, that tree is subjected to those clearances as well. Please be sure any pruning, planting, or removing of a Shade Tree has a permit submitted prior to the action being performed. The Shade Tree Commission meets only once a month so please take that into consideration while planning tree services.

SNOW & ICE REMOVAL BORO CODE CHAPTER 176-1

Shovel and remove snow and ice in a timely manner. If you have a sidewalk in the right-ofway, it is to be cleared within 8 hours of cessation of precipitation. Sidewalk shoveling should provide a minimum 3’ wide pathway. Fines may be up to $300, and every day can constitute a new separate violation. Please take into consideration the plow trucks. If you happen to clear your sidewalk and a plow truck pushes snow back onto it, you will need to clear it again. Please be aware of the direction you are discarding the snow. Do not throw snow into the street.

State Representative – Patty Kim

986-1673 or 772-3570

State Senator – Greg Rothman

787-1377 or 975-2235

Attorney General Office

Consumer Protection

Contractor Problems

Utilities Penn Waste

PA American Water

PPL/Street Light Problems

1-800-441-2555

772-2425

1-866-575-8720

1-800-565-7292

1-800-342-5775

Unless indicated otherwise, all telephone numbers are 717 area code.

Please remove the basketball hoops from the right-of-way. These are structures which have been erected in the right-of-way and are not permitted. Placing basketball hoops in the right-of-way promotes children playing in the streets which are meant for motorists. The overhang of the hoops has resulted in damaged Borough equipment. Borough equipment can be damaged during leaf pick up, street sweeping, and plowing. The Public

CH FIRE COMPANY #1

‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the Fire House, no fire police/ fireman was stirring, not even a siren. Their gear was hung on the lockers with care, in hopes that they could stay home for Christmas this year! The Camp Hill Fire Company wishes you and your loved ones a Healthy, Safe, and Happy New Year! Our Fire Company has responded to many 911 calls! We’ve also brought Santa

No One Should Be Hungry!

The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank will be giving food to all qualified Camp Hill residents in need of food assistance at the Christian Life Assembly Church, 2645 Lisburn Rd. in Lower Allen Twp. Please stop by between 9am – 12 noon on the following Tuesdays: February 14th, March 8th, April 11th, and May 9th.

A utility bill from your residence is the only requirement. Please stop by if your family is in need!

throughout our neighborhoods, orchestrated a drivethrough Toys for Tots, and assisted in many other Borough events. Please mark your calendars for our 2023 Chicken BBQs! The dates are May 13, June 10, August 12, and September 9. The drive-through opens at 11:00 (til sold out) and walkers are welcome to come as well!

Promoting A Pollinator Friendly Community

Pollinators—bees, butterflies, moths, beetles, flies, wasps, and hummingbirds—are essential for the reproduction of flowering plants and agricultural crops, but up to 40% of pollinator species are at risk of extinction. Due to the economic and ecological importance of these keystone species, Camp Hill is seeking affiliation with Bee City USA, a program that recognizes, supports, and encourages pollinator conservation in our communities. A volunteer committee, appointed by Borough Council, is developing educational and outreach activities for the broader community.

The Committee invites borough residents to attend our monthly meetings, held every third Thursday in the Borough office at 4 p.m. Also, please join us March 21 at 7 p.m. for our presentation “Bee Friendly: Plant This, Not That” at Fredricksen Library’s “Gardening with Nature” series. More info is available at https://camphillborough.com/ beecity .

Single Use Plastic Products Survey

Camp Hill Borough is looking for feedback related to limits on single use plastics. Communities including Media, Haverford, West Chester, Newtown, and Narberth, as well as Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, have enacted ordinances banning single use plastic bags. Some stores have voluntarily eliminated their use of plastic bags.

The reduction of plastics is a complex issue. Residents and owners of businesses in the Borough can help us to understand your perspective by completing the short plastics survey accessed on the Borough website or by the link or QR code

The Camp Hill Climate Action Plan Task Force has been working with Messiah University for two years to conduct a greenhouse gas inventory and develop a Climate Action Plan (CAP) for the borough. The goal of the CAP is to set emissions reduction targets and to present multiple pathways for the borough to potentially achieve those targets. The Task Force will give a preliminary presentation to Borough Council during their March 8 meeting. Residents are encouraged to attend to learn about the CAP. Additionally, there will be a public forum to learn about and discuss the final proposed CAP in April. The Task Force looks forward to talking with members of the public about the proposed plan.

Thank you to everyone who attended our event and thank you to our presenters, The Camp Hill Borough Public Safety Committee, along with the Camp Hill Police Department, Camp Hill Fire Department, Camp Hill School District, East Pennsboro Police Officer Helwig & K9 Maarten, and the Cumberland County District Attorney Office’s new Forensic Laboratory for offering a family-friendly safety education event.

Thank you to everyone who came out for this holiday event. We had a great turnout and received a lot of positive feedback. A special thanks to our sponsors: HRG, Fox Pest Control, Cordier Auctions & appraisals and Salzmann Hughes, P.C. Attorneys at Law.

LIONS CLUB ANNUAL PANCAKE BREAKFAST SATURDAY, MARCH 5TH

Thank you to all who supported our Christmas tree sale. Our next function is our Annual Pancake Breakfast on March 5th from 7am-12pm at Trinity Lutheran Church. Tickets are $7.00 for all you can eat pancakes.

For tickets please call Carl Winfield 717-7665442.

If you have a senior at Camp Hill High School or Trinity High School, we are offering two scholarships to seniors who attend these

March 6 was a Sunday. On the preceding Thursday or Friday, we awoke to a severe ice storm. On the south side of Market Street was the telegraph line of the Postal Telegraph Company -- a line of open wires carried on tall poles with six or seven crossarms. The heavy accumulation of ice on the wires had snapped off many of the poles, and the tall poles brought down all the wires below them, disrupting telephone, electric and trolley service.

With no electricity, our next-door neighbors, the Fred Rockey family, moved in with us to keep warm. Fred had a new house, with one of those “new-fangled” oil burners, which required electricity. We burned Number 1 Buckwheat coal, with a blower, which also required electricity to operate, but my dad knew we could keep a fire going without the blower, by opening the ashpit door for more draft. In those days people went to work in all kinds of weather, so Fred Rockey drove to work as usual, and my dad, who usually rode the trolley, rode with him. I was instructed to watch the furnace when I came home from school for lunch. (We didn’t have snow days!)

This photo shows the trolley car [snow covered blob at top of hill] that was stranded at 21st and Market for about a week until the trolley wire was repaired and service restored. The downed Postal Telegraph poles and wires were cleaned up before this photo was taken.