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Commission to hold hearing on amendment restricting private heliports in R‑1 residential zone after neighbor complaints
Summary
Following neighbor complaints and test helicopter landings near My Farm Road, the Planning Commission voted to forward amendments that would remove private heliports as a permitted use in R‑1 and require special exception in A‑2.
The Lancaster County Planning Commission voted in October 2025 to forward proposed zoning changes to a November public hearing that would remove private heliports as a permitted use in the R‑1 residential district and make private heliports permissible only in A‑2 agricultural districts with a special exception.
County planner Crystal Hall told commissioners the changes respond to complaints presented to the Board of Supervisors about a commercial helicopter company conducting test landings…
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