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Resident presses council over Hills Church Road parcel as council moves to advertise rezoning

Municipality of Murrysville Council · November 19, 2025
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Summary

A resident who bought land believing it was parkland pressed the council for clarity; council voted unanimously to advertise an ordinance to reclassify about 3.0469 acres on Hills Church Road from public land to R-2 medium-density residential following prior hearings and a prior rezoning vote.

During community input, resident Ben Carter told council he bought property in April 2021 under the impression the adjoining parcel was parkland and asked what the process had been to classify it as such. He said neighbors had maintained the land under that assumption and raised flooding concerns.

Administration summarized prior proceedings: the council held a public hearing at a previous meeting, concluded the property appeared…

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