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Council considers loosening industrial-zone restrictions to allow studios and sports training
Summary
On first reading, council reviewed amendments to the borough zoning code to allow exercise studios, dance and martial-arts instruction, and individualized sports training in a zone previously limited to manufacturing uses.
The council held the first reading of an ordinance that changes allowable uses in the borough’s industrial zone, where older manufacturing buildings have been repurposed for new uses. The proposed amendment would expressly allow uses such as exercise studios, instructional dance or martial-arts studios and individualized sports training facilities.
Supporters described the change as a practical update to reflect the borough’s evolving land use: “we understand that things are changing, and we don't necessarily have manufacturing plants anymore, and we need to be we need to loosen up on those things,” a council presenter said in the transcript. The amendment also eliminates a $25 permit fee in the provision being revised.
The item was read for first consideration; the transcript records the reading and a request for motion and second but does not show final adoption. The public hearing for ordinance items was scheduled for the council’s June 11 meeting. The transcript did not include statements from business owners or affected neighbors in the excerpt provided.
