The York County Planning Commission on Jan. 14 voted to forward two related actions to the Board of Supervisors: a comprehensive plan amendment (CP11‑26) to assign future land use designations to parcels added to the county through a December 19, 2023 boundary line adjustment, and a concurrent zoning map amendment (ZM218‑26) to align zoning classifications with the comprehensive plan. Planning staff said 27 parcels (about 27 acres) across 18 property owners are affected and recommended resolutions PC26‑04 and PC26‑05.

Staff said the county code automatically classifies newly incorporated land as Resource Conservation (RC) until a rezoning action occurs; the proposed rezonings would remove split zoning and, in most cases, reclassify parcels to R‑20 (medium density residential) or RR (rural residential) to match surrounding parcels or owner requests. One parcel (100 Criner Lane) is proposed to be rezoned to RR at the property owner’s request and is not being changed to match the comprehensive plan designation.

A commissioner disclosed a conflict and recused himself from the vote after stating he is one of the affected property owners. Commissioners asked whether a survey or conservation validation is required before removing an RC designation; staff responded that no survey is required and that the Board of Supervisors would act on the rezoning.

Motions to forward resolution PC26‑04 (comprehensive plan amendment) and PC26‑05 (rezoning) to the Board of Supervisors carried on roll call votes. The clerk recorded affirmative votes from the present commissioners; the motions passed.

Next steps: the Board of Supervisors will consider the comprehensive plan and zoning map amendments; if adopted by the Board, the rezoning actions will change the official zoning and reduce split‑zoned parcels that previously straddled the county boundary.