Public hearing held on county text amendment to allow observatories by special permit
Lancaster County commissioners opened a public hearing on a zoning text amendment to expand "recreational facilities" to include passive uses such as observatories and to allow height/setback waivers via a special permit process; applicants and local volunteers urged approval while staff clarified that site-specific impacts would be reviewed at the later special-permit stage.
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The Lancaster County Board of Commissioners opened a public hearing July 21 on text amendment 26007, a countywide change that would add observatories and other passive activities to the definition of "recreational facilities" and allow the planning commission (and on appeal the county board) to waive certain yard or height requirements as part of a special permit.
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