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Planning Commission backs amendment to remove 50‑foot wellhead protection radius
Summary
The Westmoreland County Planning Commission voted to recommend that the Board of Supervisors approve a zoning text amendment requested by John B. and Alice K. Salamond to eliminate a 50‑foot wellhead protection radius requirement that can force homeowners to obtain easements or variances.
The Westmoreland County Planning Commission voted to recommend that the Board of Supervisors approve a zoning text amendment (Case 2602‑ZA‑01) requested by John B. and Alice K. Salamond that would remove a 50‑foot wellhead protection radius requirement from the county zoning ordinance.
Kelly, planning staff for the Westmoreland County Department of Planning and Community Development, read the ordinance language to the commission, saying, "The entire wellhead protection radius shall be contained within the area of the applicant's property, an existing public or private road right of way dedicated for public access, a…
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