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Council voices no objection to front-yard pool variance at 212 South Lingo Avenue
Summary
Council members discussed a zoning hearing set for March 9 for a variance sought by Valley Pools Inc. on behalf of owners David and Angelia Hewitt to allow a swimming pool in a front yard; council members said they had no objections and left formal support to the borough's discretion at the hearing.
The Palmyra Borough Council discussed a variance application before the Zoning Hearing Board for 212 South Lingo Avenue, where owners David and Angelia Hewitt — represented by Valley Pools Inc. — seek an exception to section 380-111b of the Palmyra Borough Zoning Ordinance that generally restricts pools in front yards. The hearing is scheduled for Monday, March 9 at 5:30 p.m., the council was told.
Council members described the property as a corner lot with an existing six-foot privacy fence, saying the lot functions effectively as a side yard and that the fence has been in place for years. "The fence has been up for 3 years that I remember," one councilor said. Other council members voiced no objection: "Don't have any objections to it at all," said one, and another added, "I have no problems with it at all."
The borough manager noted that council can choose to voice disapproval, take no position, or have the borough attend and support the application at the hearing; at this meeting council indicated no objection. No formal motion or vote was recorded in the transcript on whether the borough would provide formal support at the hearing.
The transcript names the ordinance provision cited in the notice as section 380-111b of the Palmyra Borough Zoning Ordinance; the council did not record a binding decision on the application and directed no additional formal action in the meeting record.
