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Zoning Hearing Board

04/17/2025 by Steve Sawyer

   
PUBLIC NOTICE
 
 
The Ephrata Township Zoning Hearing Board will hold a public hearing on May 20, 2025, at 7:00 P.M. at the Ephrata Township Municipal Building, 265 Akron Road, Ephrata, PA 17522.  The purpose of the hearing is to consider the following request:
 
  1. A request for a Special Exception under Section 401.B.2.b and Section 628 and a Variance from Section 401.C.1.d(2) of the Ephrata Township Zoning Ordinance.  The applicants are Curvin, Susan and Dwayne Zimmerman who are seeking approval of a farm-based business to remove an existing 2,292 SF building currently used as a woodworking shop and build a new 9,022 SF building to be used as a woodworking shop and residential accessory storage.  The property is located at 610 North Farmersville Road, Ephrata, PA and is owned by Curvin and Susan Zimmerman, 620 North Farmersville Road, Ephrata, PA.  The property is located in the Agricultural Zoning District.
 
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                                                                                                          Ephrata Township Zoning Hearing Board

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Notice

04/10/2025 by Steve Sawyer

PUBLIC NOTICE
 
The Ephrata Township Board of Supervisors will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 7:00 A.M. at the Ephrata Township Municipal Building, 265 Akron Road, Ephrata, PA 17522.  If you need special assistance to attend this meeting, please contact the Township Office.
 
                                                                                                                                Steven A. Sawyer
                                                                                                                                Ephrata Township Manager
April 15, 2025 Agenda 

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Public Notice

04/03/2025 by Steve Sawyer

LEGAL NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that at the regularly scheduled public meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Ephrata Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to be held on May 6, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. at the township office located at 265 Akron Road, Ephrata, Pennsylvania the Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing to consider the adoption of an ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map of Ephrata Township, which has been proposed by Corey Zimmerman, Ronald Zimmerman, Keith Zimmerman, Stephen Zimmerman, Joel Zimmerman, and Ronald Zimmerman, Jr.   Following the public hearing on May 6, 2025 or at a subsequent public meeting held within 60 days of the date of the second publication of this advertisement, the Board shall consider enacting and, if appropriate, will take a vote on adopting and enacting the proposed Ordinance, the caption of which is as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF EPHRATA, LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, TO AMEND SECTION 303 OF ARTICLE III OF THE EPHRATA TOWNSHIP ZONING ORDINANCE OF 2020 TO ALLOW EXPANSION OF NON-CONFORMING BUSINESSES WITHIN THE URBAN GROWTH AREA;  TO AMEND THE EPHRATA TOWNSHIP ZONING MAP BY CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FOR THE TRACT OF LAND IDENTIFIED AS TAX PARCEL NO. 270-42139-0-0000 LOCATED AT 17 WOODCREST DRIVE FROM THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO THE RESIDENTAL-LOW DENSITY DISTRICT; AND BY CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION ON A PORTION OF THE TRACT OF LAND IDENTIFIED AS TAX PARCEL NO. 270-34709-0-0000 LOCATED AT 728 GLENWOOD DRIVE FROM THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO THE RESIDENTIAL-LOW DENSITY DISTRICT.  A brief summary of the proposed ordinance is set forth below.
Section 1 reassigns Section 303 governing the expansion of non-conforming uses to a new subsection 303.A and creates a new subsection 303.B that allows existing non-conforming business uses located within the Ephrata-Akron Urban Growth Area to expand on land within or adjacent to the urban growth area by special exception subject to satisfying specific criteria.  Section 2 amends Article II, Section 202 establishing the zoning map of the Ephrata Township Zoning Ordinance by changing the zoning classification for the tract of land located at 17 Woodcrest Drive (Parcel No. 270-42139-0-0000) from the Agricultural (A) district to the Residential-Low Density (LDR) districtand by changing the zoning classification for a portion of the tract of land commonly known as 728 Glenwood Drive (Parcel No. 270-34709-0-0000) consisting of approximately 7.3 acres from the Agricultural (A) district to the Residential-Low Density (LDR) district.  The proposed ordinance includes a repealer and severability provision as well as an effective date provision. A copy of the proposed ordinance including a map depicting the areas to be rezoned may be examined or copied in the office of the Township Secretary at 265 Akron Road, Ephrata, Pennsylvania on regular business days between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.   A copy of the Ordinance also may be examined without charge at the offices of this newspaper (Ephrata Review) located at 1 East Main Street, Ephrata, PA  17522and at the Lancaster County Law Library located at 50 N. Duke Street, Lancaster, PA 17602.  If you wish to attend the hearing and are a person with a disability requiring an auxiliary aide, service, or other accommodation, please contact the Ephrata Township Office (717) 733-1044 to discuss how the Township can best accommodate your needs.
 
                                                                                    Ephrata Township Board of Supervisors

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