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Zoning board approves Raffensperger Enterprises' excavating shop at 3691 Elizabethtown Rd with use limits
Summary
Rapho Township's Zoning Hearing Board unanimously approved Raffensperger Enterprises' request to substitute and expand a nonconforming use for an excavating contractor shop at 3691 Elizabethtown Rd, granting variances for setbacks and expansion limits with conditions including a 48'×48' barn area excluded from commercial use.
The Rapho Township Zoning Hearing Board unanimously approved a special exception and multiple variances for Raffensperger Enterprises, LLC to allow an excavating contractor shop and expansion of a nonconforming use at 3691 Elizabethtown Rd.
Chairman Chris Moyer moved to approve the request; Nevin Greiner seconded the motion, and the board voted unanimously to grant the relief. The application (Case No. 260008) sought relief from sections 350-705 and 350-704 for substitution and expansion of a nonconforming use, and variances including front and rear yard setbacks, a side yard setback for a proposed livestock barn, and permission to exceed the 50% expansion limitation for nonconforming uses.
Applicants included Raffensperger Enterprises and representatives Fred Raffensperger; David Keener of GD Keener presented as the engineering consultant and Robin White of Gibbel, Kraybill & Hess acted as legal counsel. The board record notes that proof of publication and posted notice were provided and that concerns, comments and questions were heard from legal counsel and the applicant during the hearing.
As part of the approval the board imposed conditions beyond its standard ones: the nonconforming use and the area used for it, including all impervious surfaces, may not be expanded beyond what the decision approves; and a 48‑foot by 48‑foot portion of the proposed barn may not be used for the commercial operation and shall have no interior connection to the commercial shop area.
The decision and conditions were recorded in the minutes; the vote is listed as unanimous.
