Munhall council advertises zoning and fee changes, appoints interim member, approves vehicle purchase and hires assistant

Munhall Borough Council on March 18 approved a package of administrative and capital actions, including advertising an R‑2 zoning ordinance to permit limited multifamily use in vacant churches and schools, adopting a mechanism to set a yearly fee schedule by resolution, hiring an administrative assistant, authorizing a Main Street survey, appointing a third‑party building inspector, purchasing a replacement F‑350 truck and filling a council vacancy.

Council members said the R‑2 zoning change aims to encourage conversion of vacant institutional buildings to residential use. The planning commission and borough solicitor had discussed whether to allow limited business uses in the zone; council members said they were not comfortable adding business uses to the residential zone and voted to advertise the ordinance as drafted to allow multifamily residential only. “It’s strictly a residential zone; introducing a business use is going to create real challenges,” one council member…