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Lawnside council adopts ordinance requiring escrow fees for certain land-use applications
Summary
The Borough of Lawnside adopted Ordinance No. 02-2026 on March 4, 2026, revising Chapter 96 (Land Use Development) to establish mandatory escrow fees for specific planning-board and zoning-board applications and updating the borough fee schedule. The adoption passed on a 4–0 roll call with two members absent.
The Borough of Lawnside council voted to adopt Ordinance No. 02-2026, amending Chapter 96 of the municipal code to establish mandatory escrow fees for specified land-use applications before the planning board and zoning board of adjustment and to update the borough fee schedule.
The ordinance's public hearing was opened by the council and drew no public comment. A motion to adopt Ordinance No. 02-2026 passed on a recorded roll-call vote: DeAbreu, Pollard, Wilcox and Wright-McLeod voted yes; Lee and Wardlow-Hurley were recorded absent.
Council members did not debate the ordinance on the record during the meeting; the deputy clerk read the ordinance title and the council completed the required procedural steps for adoption. The ordinance text as presented amends escrow and application fee rules in Chapter 96; the meeting minutes list the ordinance number as 02-2026 and state the fee-schedule update will take effect per the ordinance's terms.
The council followed the borough's public-notice requirements before the hearing. No implementation timetable or specific dollar amounts for the new escrow fees were read into the public record at the meeting; details of the fee table and any effective dates were not specified in the minutes provided. The council moved on to other business after the adoption.
