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Planning commission recommends removing generic “business” line from commercial permitted uses
Summary
Huntington Township planning commissioners voted to recommend supervisors eliminate a generic 'business' permitted-use line from the commercial zoning district, saying the term is overly broad and existing use definitions sufficiently cover specific businesses; the change will require a supervisors’ hearing.
The Huntington Township Planning Commission voted to recommend that the Board of Supervisors remove the generic word "business" from the list of permitted uses in the township’s commercial zoning district.
Commissioners said the term is too broad and that the existing ordinance already enumerates specific permitted and conditional uses. "The term business is too generic," one commissioner said during a discussion of the draft amendment. The motion to recommend the change to supervisors was made, seconded and approved; commissioners noted that deleting the single-word provision still requires the supervisors to hold a public hearing before an ordinance change can take effect.
Staff explained the change is intended to narrow allowed uses by referencing the specific permitted uses already listed in the code, rather than leaving a catch-all category. If supervisors move forward, the township will schedule the required hearing and notices; any technical edits to definitions will be processed as part of that ordinance-change procedure.
The commission also recorded that the item moves to supervisors for final action and that staff (Todd and planning staff) will work with the supervisors’ office to prepare the public-notice and hearing materials. The commission’s recommendation does not itself change the code; only the supervisors can adopt an ordinance amendment after the statutory hearing process.
