Reading planning commission weighs streamlining land-development rules after DCED review

Jun 25, 2026

City planners and commissioners discussed DCED recommendations to reduce duplicative reviews and create administrative review paths for interior-only redevelopment, while emphasizing continued oversight for engineering, sewer capacity and public-safety issues.

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Reading’s Planning Commission spent the bulk of its June 16 workshop reviewing recommendations from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) and staff proposals to streamline the city’s land-development review process.

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