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Planning commission rejects Old Hickory comprehensive-plan amendment over services and growth concerns

3412008 · May 20, 2025
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The commission voted unanimously to recommend denial of a comprehensive plan amendment that would redesignate about 60 acres along Old Hickory Road from rural to growth area. Commissioners and residents cited strained schools, volunteer fire capacity and rapid development in the Panhandle.

Lancaster County Planning Commission on Tuesday voted unanimously to recommend denial of a comprehensive plan amendment that would change roughly 60 acres along Old Hickory Road from “rural” to “growth area.” The commission’s recommendation will go to Lancaster County Council.

Staff described the request as tied to recent infrastructure changes: water and sewer capacity that now reaches parts of the Roseland development, prompting the applicant’s request to reclassify the site so a rezoning could follow. Staff said the request had no formal recommendation because…

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