Planning commission forwards rezonings and comprehensive-plan updates for parcels added by boundary adjustment

The York County Planning Commission on Jan. 14 unanimously moved to forward two related actions — resolution PC26-04 to amend the Charting the Course 2040 comprehensive plan and PC26-05 to reclassify 27 parcels added to the county following a Dec. 19, 2023 boundary-line adjustment with the City of Pecosin.

Planning staff explained the boundary adjustment added land to the county and that the code automatically classifies newly incorporated land as resource conservation (RC) until it is rezoned. The two applications (ZM218-26 and CP11-26) would assign future land-use designations and rezone parcels so that split zoning is removed and zoning matches the adjacent, existing county classifications.

"Any land area annexed or adjusted into the jurisdictional boundaries of York County shall automatically be classified RC for resource conservation until such time as that classification may be changed through a specific rezoning action approved by the Board of Supervisors," staff told commissioners while describing the proposed map changes and the proposed rezonings to R-20 and RR where appropriate.

Staff said the proposal covers 27 parcels and 18 property owners; notices were also sent to adjacent localities because of proximity to the City of Pecosin and Hampton. A commissioner recused from the vote due to an ownership interest in one of the parcels; no members of the public spoke during the hearing.

After brief discussion a motion to forward PC26-04 and PC26-05 to the Board of Supervisors for final action carried on roll call. The forwarded resolutions will ask the Board to: amend the comprehensive plan's land-use maps to include the newly acquired land, remove split zoning across affected parcels, and rezone parcels to align with the comprehensive-plan designation. The commission's recommendation does not itself change zoning; final action rests with the Board of Supervisors.