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Planning commission recommends conditional use for Cogito Academy Lancaster charter school
Summary
The Lancaster County Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of a conditional use permit for Cogito Academy Lancaster, a tuition-free public charter school planned for a 22-acre site off Shiloh Unity Road.
The Lancaster County Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of a conditional use permit for Cogito Academy Lancaster, a tuition-free public charter school planned for a 22-acre site off Shiloh Unity Road.
Staff from the planning department described the parcel as zoned professional business with a future land-use designation of municipal growth area and said the application meets technical requirements including required buffers and connectivity to adjacent residentially zoned property. Planning staff recommended approval and told the commission the Technical Review Committee’s comments had been addressed.
The recommendation matters because the commission’s approval sends the application to Lancaster County Council with the commission’s endorsement; council will have final authority on the conditional use permit.
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