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Council approves UDO text changes requiring special-use permits for demolition landfills and large religious facilities
Summary
After a short presentation and a public hearing with no speakers, the Town of Harrisburg council voted to adopt text amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance that add special-use permit requirements for demolition landfills and for religious assembly over specified sizes; the Planning & Zoning Board had recommended approval.
The Town of Harrisburg council approved a package of text amendments to the town’s Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) that add special-use permit (SUP) requirements for certain demolition landfills and for larger religious assembly uses.
Zach, a planning staff member, described the amendments as corrections and clarifications intended to “enhance quality of life” and to align the UDO with recent organizational changes. Key changes approved by council included:
- Requiring a special-use permit for demolition landfill activities in certain residential zoning districts instead of allowing the activity by right. - Adding special-use permit requirements for nonresidential districts in the EC (employment) district where some uses previously allowed by right will now require SUP review. - Permitting religious institutions of more than 350 seats in the OI district only through a special-use permit; likewise, public assembly uses with more than 350 seats or gross floor area greater than 3,000 square feet will need SUP review. - Removing an obsolete reference to the Planning & Zoning Board where the Board of Adjustment now serves that role and adding a missing graphic for “countryside development” language.
Zach said the Planning & Zoning Board reviewed the amendments at its Jan. 13 meeting, found them consistent with the town’s land-use plan and recommended approval. The council opened and closed a public hearing; no members of the public spoke. A motion to approve the amendments carried on a voice vote.
