PUBLIC NOTICE – PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING & DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WORK SESSION- SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The West Manchester Township Planning Commission will meet in person on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. and will be broadcasted through the Zoom application for those wanting to view from home.

At the end of the regularly scheduled public meeting, the Planning Commission members will hold a work session to review the first draft of the Comprehensive Plan. A representative from Gannett Fleming will also be in attendance to discuss the first draft.  No action will be taken on the first draft of the Comprehensive Plan.  

Interested parties may view the Planning Commission’s meeting agenda by clicking on the Boards & Committees tab on the Township’s website.

Please be advised that the meeting will no longer be broadcasted through the West Manchester Township Parks & Recreation Facebook page.  Those interested in viewing the meeting through Zoom may click on the link provided below and use the code 862891 to access the meeting.  Questions or comments will not be taken over the Zoom app. Please call into the Township before noon on September 9, 2024, with any questions or comments (717)792-3505 or attend the public meeting at the Township Municipal building located at 380 E. Berlin Rd., York, PA 17408. 

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Agenda Items include:

Zoning Hearing Cases

ZHB 24-10 Sheetz, Inc. – requests a variance §150-324.F to allow a drive-through on a property that is located within 200 feet of residentially-zoned land located at 1484 Carlisle Road (Tax Map: 07; Parcel: 0138) in the Highway Commercial Zone and the R-3 Residential Zone.

ZHB 24-11 Shiny Shell Car Wash – requests a variance §150-283.B Permitted Permanent Sign Chart P-9D to increase the allowable sign area for attached signs for individual uses within a shopping center located at 715 Town Center Drive (Tax Map: JH; Parcel: 0124) in the Regional Commercial Zone.

ZHB 24-12 Johanna Cruz-Ortiz – requests a special exception §150-289 and a variance §150-289.A.8 to expand an existing nonconforming use (racquetball and health club) to include a commercial school for fitness (Pole Zen Flows) located at 1785 Loucks Road (Tax Map:  29; Parcel: 0138) in the Light Industrial Zone.

New Business

T-888 – Preliminary/Final Land Development Plan for Proposed Flex Industrial Building for 1850 Lemon, LP – to depict the re-development of the parcel for a proposed industrial flex building and associated improvements on a 7.328-acre parcel located at 1850 Lemon Street (Tax Map: IH; Parcel: 0030B) in the General Industrial (I-3) Zone. Tabled at the August 13, 2024, meeting by request of the applicant. Review/Action.

Sewer Planning Module Exemption Mailer for Weis Markets Gas ‘N Go 1800 Roosevelt Avenue – Motion to approve, revise, table or deny a sewer planning module exemption mailer submitted by Joseph M. Gurney, RLA, PLA of First Capital Engineering on behalf of Weis Markets Gas ‘N Go located at 1800 Roosevelt Avenue (Tax Map: JH; Parcel:  19F0C0001) in the Highway Commercial Zone. The applicant is proposing 1 additional EDU to flow to the PA American Water sewer treatment facility (former York City Wastewater Treatment Plant). Review/Action.

T-897 Preliminary/Final Land Development Plan for Trimmer Campus Improvements for West York Area School District – to depict the proposed construction of a parking lot and field house, the resurfacing, addition and replacement of associated athletic fields and features and other associated improvements located at 1900 Brenda Road (Tax Map: JG; Parcel:  0060B) in the Open Space Zone. Review/Action.

T-898 Preliminary/Final Land Development Plan for Main Campus Improvements for West York Area School District – to depict the proposed construction of a new track, new parking, improved vehicular circulation, new athletic fields, stormwater management facilities and associated improvements located at 1800 Bannister Street (Tax Map: 02; Parcel: 0069) in the Open Space Zone and Local Commercial Zone. Review/Action.

Discussion

The Planning Commission members will hold a work session to review the first draft of the Comprehensive Plan. A representative from Gannett Fleming will also be in attendance to discuss the first draft.  No action will be taken on the first draft of the Comprehensive Plan.