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Columbia council forwards zoning rewrite on heights, shadow protections and smoke-shop rules for review
Summary
Columbia Borough Council voted to send proposed Ordinance 9‑57 — changes to building‑height, shadow protections and smoke‑shop definitions — to the Lancaster County planning department and the borough planning commission for review.
Columbia Borough Council voted to forward a proposed zoning amendment, Ordinance 9‑57, to the Lancaster County planning department and the Columbia Borough Planning Commission for review and comment. The draft would change the borough's building-height rules, add a requirement to limit shadowing of dwellings on winter solstice hours, and refine the definition and placement of smoke shops.
The ordinance as drafted would change a current maximum height of 90 feet (or six stories, whichever is more restrictive) by establishing a 35‑foot base limit plus one additional foot of allowed height for each foot of setback from the property…
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