Residents urge comprehensive code rewrite and flag recodification drafting errors
Public commenters urged the borough to pursue a comprehensive code update rather than piecemeal amendments; a resident flagged potential substantive errors in the recodified ordinance text (e.g., a mistaken conditional-use insertion for 3A and changes to definitions and inventory thresholds) and requested consolidating written comments for staff and council review.
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Public comment at the end of the meeting centered on process and drafting concerns. Linda O'Connor, a resident, asked whether changes would be advanced piecemeal or as part of a comprehensive code update and urged fuller public review: “My question is, are we going to bring this to a piecemeal code where you will recommend that just the section 5 b be published and voted on and not the entire code?” she asked, arguing that piecemeal amendments could have unintended cross‑section impacts.
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