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Residents press supervisors to restore land‑preservation measure to ballot as board debates criteria
Summary
Residents and organizers urged the Lehigh Township Board of Supervisors to put a land‑preservation ordinance back on the ballot and asked for lists of qualifying properties; supervisors disagreed over acreage thresholds, outreach and whether to proceed, with one member saying the matter is "dead."
Zach Szoke, a resident, asked the Lehigh Township Board of Supervisors on Jan. 27 when authorization to advertise a land‑preservation ordinance would return to the agenda and requested a list of properties that might qualify for the program.
The question reopened a months‑long dispute over whether the township should seek voter approval of a program to purchase development rights. Supporters said a ballot measure would let residents decide; opponents said it would impose an unwanted tax and that the county could manage preservation instead.
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