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Planning commission waives land-development for 0.36-acre strip adjacent to proposed county prison

Lancaster City Planning Commission · December 18, 2025
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Summary

The Lancaster City Planning Commission approved a waiver to administratively transfer a 0.36-acre, 10-foot-wide strip along the Conestoga River from a Lancaster Township prison tract to adjacent Central Park property; staff said the parcel is floodplain and undevelopable and maintenance remains with the county.

The Lancaster City Planning Commission on an omnibus voice vote approved a waiver of land-development requirements to remove a narrow 0.36-acre strip from a Lancaster Township prison tract and join it to nearby Central Park property inside the city.

At the meeting, David Miller, a professional engineer with Ritu Associates, the county engineer on the prison project, said the strip is roughly "one third of an acre, 0.36 acres"…

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