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Williams Township supervisors approve house‑number ordinance and emergency operations plan
Summary
At a regular meeting, Williams Township supervisors held a public hearing and approved a house‑number ordinance amendment (Ordinance 2024‑6) that increases required address‑number size and removes mailbox placement as acceptable, and they adopted an updated emergency operations plan (Resolution 2024‑17). Several subdivision waiver requests were also moved for approval.
Williams Township’s Board of Supervisors held a public hearing and voted to approve an amendment to the township’s house‑number ordinance and to adopt an updated emergency operations plan.
At the hearing, planning staff summarized the house‑number amendment, saying it increases the required numeric size and removes the mailbox as an acceptable display location while adding a notice process for property owners who fail to comply. The staff explanation emphasized the public‑safety purpose: clearer numbers let fire and emergency responders find houses more easily.
The board then moved and seconded the ordinance amendment (Ordinance 2024‑6) and the Chair called the ayes. The meeting record indicates the motion was put to a vote and the board approved the ordinance.
Separately, staff presented the township’s emergency operations plan and recommended adoption of Resolution 2024‑17. Staff noted Pennsylvania Emergency Management Services requires municipalities to prepare and maintain a current emergency operations plan and reported that the plan had been reviewed by county emergency management; the board seconded the resolution and approved it by aye votes called by the Chair.
The board also considered multiple planning and subdivision items. A planning commission recommendation to approve land development for Plan 14140 (Cedarville Road) was moved for approval, and a supervisor moved to approve four requested stormwater/detention waivers for Lot 3 (Roth Farms/816 Texas Road) referencing an August 27 waiver letter; those motions were presented to the board during the meeting for action.
What happens next: ordinance 2024‑6 will follow the township’s normal adoption and implementation steps as discussed in the hearing; the emergency operations plan is now the adopted plan for the township. The planning/waiver decisions will follow any required post‑approval administrative steps (financial security, letters of credit, and final engineering sign‑offs) described by staff during the meeting.
Attributions: Quotes and summaries of ordinance and emergency‑plan descriptions are drawn from township planning and emergency management staff present at the meeting and attributed to those staff in the transcript.
