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Chester County Council approves second readings on land-use edits, rezoning and solar-district rules
Summary
At its April 20 meeting, Chester County Council approved second readings of a package of land-use changes, including edits to subdivision and land development rules, rezoning of a roughly 27.5-acre parcel from industrial to multi-family residential, and a zoning text amendment creating a Solar Project District.
Chester County Council on April 20 approved a set of second-reading ordinances updating local land-use rules and clearing the way for a rezoning and a new solar-project zoning district. The consent agenda passed unanimously after a motion by Vice Chair Erin Mosley and a second by Councilman Corey Guy.
The council recorded second reading of Ordinance 2026-08, a six-month review with recommended edits to the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinances; the Planning Commission had recommended the edits 6-0. The council also approved CCMA26-02, a rezoning request from Colton and Curttis Metker for Tax Map #069-05-14-012-000 (about 27.5 acres off Lowrys Highway) to change the parcel’s designation from Restricted Industrial District (ID-1) to Multi-family Residential District (RG-1); the Planning Commission had recommended that rezoning 5-0. Finally, the council approved CCTA26-03, a text amendment to Chapter 5 (§5-701(1-2)) adding a “Solar Project District and Design Standards Required,” following a 6-0 Planning Commission recommendation.
Why it matters: the package updates local development standards and will affect how specific parcels are regulated for housing and renewable-energy projects. The council approved the consent agenda as a block rather than taking separate recorded roll-call votes on each ordinance in the minutes provided.
What happened next: Council recorded a unanimous council vote on the consent agenda; no amendments or split votes were recorded in the minutes available.
Provenance: First referenced in the minutes under ordinance listings and consent agenda (topic intro SEG 016) and shown through the zoning/text-amendment note (topic finish SEG 018).
