Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Road Acceptance topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Planning commission approves new road-acceptance criteria despite one dissent
Summary
The Lancaster County Planning Commission voted 5–1 on June 16 to recommend a text amendment adding criteria for county road acceptance to the UDO; staff said County Council requested the clarification and consultants on the UDO rewrite participated in drafting the language.
The Lancaster County Planning Commission on June 16 recommended approval of a text amendment to chapter 6.13.1 of the Unified Development Ordinance that adds explicit criteria for when the county will accept privately built roads into the public system.
Planning staff told commissioners the amendment was requested by County Council to resolve confusion about when the county would accept roads constructed as part of development. "The intent of this change is just to provide some clarity and some criteria for the county's road acceptance policy," a staff member told the commission during the presentation.
Commissioners pressed staff on the urgency of the change because the county is in the middle of a comprehensive UDO rewrite. Staff said consultants working on the rewrite participated in drafting the amendment and that, if County Council adopts the amendment, the language will be carried into the rewrite unless the ad hoc UDO committee elects to remove it.
After brief discussion, a motion to recommend approval passed on a roll-call vote of 5–1. The staff recommendation in the printed packet was to accept the amendment; the item will now go to County Council for final action.
The commission’s action changes only the county’s acceptance criteria; the final decision rests with County Council and will follow Council’s three-reading process, the staff member said.
