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Council committee backs amendment to historic-district code to allow multiple certified building officials on review boards

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Summary

Lancaster City’s Community and Planning Committee on May 5 voted to forward to full council a bill amending Chapter 155 to broaden the definition of "building official" for historic-district review boards.

Lancaster City’s Community and Planning Committee on May 5 voted to forward an administration bill that would amend the city’s historic-district ordinance to broaden who can serve as the building-official representative on the Historic Architectural Review Board (HARB) and the Historical Commission.

The proposed amendment updates the definition in Chapter 155 of the city code so a "building official" is a building inspector certified by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry who…

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