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Council to form ad hoc committee to review 750‑page Unified Development Ordinance
Summary
After criticism that the proposed Unified Development Ordinance is too long and unclear, Lancaster County Council agreed to form an ad hoc committee of council members, planning commissioners, developers and citizens to review and return recommendations in 3–4 months.
Lancaster County Council discussed the county's proposed Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) and directed staff to form an ad hoc review committee to refine the draft.
Councilman Steve Harper, who said he has reviewed several chapters, proposed appointing an ad hoc committee including council members, planning commission representatives, developers and residents from the Panhandle to make the draft more user‑friendly. "I would ask that you appoint an ad hoc committee, and I would ask that I be on it, and I would ask for Mr. Louis and Mr. Graham, to work in…
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