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East Drumore Supervisors Update Subdivision Ordinance

Posted on: Thursday, 9 February 2006, 18:00 CST

By ROXANNE TODD, Correspondent

East Drumore Township supervisors on Feb. 2 voted to update the township subdivision ordinance.

The supervisors added the phrase regardless of use or size to clarify how many lots can be taken off a farm parcel for nonfarm use dwellings.

Prior to the change, one lot for every 25 acres was allowed to be subdivided. The change became effective immediately, but plans submitted to the township prior to the change will be grandfathered in.

In another matter, supervisors Chairman Merril Carter read a letter from the state Department of Environmental Protection written Feb. 1 to Mussers Market at the Buck.

The letter states that DEP has received and reviewed a Nov. 18, 2005, characterization report prepared by Alliance Environmental Services Inc. in accordance with the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act and the Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act.

The letter states that DEP approves the report with the some modifications. The letter also states, The Site Characterization Report indicates that levels of groundwater contamination remain on- site, which exceed the Departments Statewide Health Standard.

On Feb. 3, Cherie M. Campbell, soils scientist with the Environmental Cleanup Program, said Mussers Market had a gasoline release sometime prior to 2004.

She said DEP knows there was some groundwater contamination from the gas spill, but she did not have information available explaining the nature of the spill.

We are just checking the groundwater contamination and where the contamination is going, Campbell said in a telephone interview.

This is kind of routine. ... They need to do a little more work, but it looks like (the leaking gasoline) will probably stay on the property, Campbell said.

On Tuesday, a representative from Mussers Market said there is no gas spill and that wells around the property are being monitored as part of a remedial action plan that Mussers is required to submit by Feb. 28.

The supervisors also reviewed a letter from Lancaster County Conservancy concerning enhancement and protection of the natural resources of the Fishing Creek watershed.

The preliminary results of a study done by Rettew Associates, which prepared an assessment and recommendations for enhancing and protecting the areas natural resources, will be presented for public review at 7 p.m. March 7 at Camp Andrews, 1226 Silver Spring Road, Holtwood.

The supervisors also reported McMinns Asphalt announced asphalt prices will be going up drastically this year.

Company President Jeff Sweigart wrote that the per-liquid ton price in 2002 was $125. He said forecasters are saying it is possible the price will jump to $200 by mid-April due to higher petroleum costs.

Supervisor Scott Kreider said that will mean the township will have to take on fewer roadwork projects to compensate for increase in asphalt prices.

In other business, the supervisors voted to enter into an intermunicipal cooperative planning agreement with Fulton, Little Britain and Drumore townships to adopt a new comprehensive plan.

Carter said the county is offering to pay $90,000 towards the cost of preparing a new plan, but the townships will have to pay their own fees for ordinance changes they will have to make as a result of the new plan.

Carter said East Drumore last revised its comprehensive plan in 1980. Each township can opt out of the cooperative planning agreement at any time, but they will be required to reimburse the county up to $5,000 for the countys work.

Source: Intelligencer Journal

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