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Ephrata solicitor sends zoning text amendments on short-term rentals and retail cannabis/tobacco back to county for review

Development Activities Committee (Ephrata Borough) · February 23, 2026
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Summary

The Borough Solicitor presented revised zoning text amendments to permit short-term rentals in specified commercial districts and to allow medical marijuana dispensaries and smoke/tobacco shops in limited commercial districts; both drafts will be sent to Lancaster County Planning for review and then scheduled for public hearings.

The Borough Solicitor discussed two revised Zoning Ordinance text amendments that would change where short-term rentals and certain retail uses are allowed in Ephrata.

On short-term rentals, the proposed amendment would permit short-term rental of dwellings by right in the HCD, CBD, LIC and GIC zoning districts; it would allow…

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