Conewago Township Planning Commission

Township residents who wish to build generally need to obtain both a Zoning Permit and a Building Permit. See Building/Zoning Page. Certain projects may be exempt.
Larger projects and subdivisions or projects not meeting zoning requirements may need to be reviewed by the Planning Commission and be approved by the Board of Supervisors or go before the Zoning Hearing Board.

Click for information on the Township Comprehensive Plan.

Planning Commission
Kenneth Grubb David Coble Dolores Kuntz Kent  Bachmann
Kenneth Grubb David Coble Dolores Kuntz Kent Bachmann
chairman vice-chair secretary member
term ends
Apr 2010
term ends
Apr 2011
term ends
Apr 2012
term ends
Apr 2011
Peter Czuday Ralph Hoerner Harry Rozanski  
Peter Czuday Ralph Hoerner Harry Rozanski  
member member member  
term ends
Apr 2010
term ends
Apr 2012
term ends
Apr 2009
 
7 members, 1 or 2 appointed every year for 4 yr term.
Planning Commission usually meets last Mon of month at 7:30pm.
Comprehensive Plan usually meets first Wed of month at 7:00pm.

Zoning Map

Most of the Township's Zoning Ordinances and Subdivision and Land Development Ordinances are now available online. Copies may also be purchased at the township office. Click here to see the Township Ordinances page.

The Planning Commssion helped draft the 2005 Parks and Rec Plan.

2008 Planning Commission Meetings

Planning Commission usually meets last Mon of month at 7:30pm.

Planning Commission
2008 Meeting Minutes
Jan 28, 2008 Feb 25, 2008
Mar 31, 2008 Apr 28, 2008
Jun 02, 2008 Jun 30, 2008
Jul 28, 2008 Aug 25, 2008
Sep 29, 2008 Oct 27, 2008
Dec 08, 2008 -

Years 2002 - 2007 Planning Commission Meetings

Prior year Planning Commission Meeting Minutes
will be found in the Records Archive.

Conewago Township Comprehensive Plan

From Mar 2005 to Jun 2008, the Planning Commission worked jointly with the Board of Supervisors with the assistance of the Township Engineer (RETTEW Assoc.) on an update of the township's Comprehensive Plan. The draft plan was given preliminary approval by the Comprehensive Plan Committee on June 30, 2008. The Board of Supervisors gave it preliminary approval on Jul 9, 2008. The Plan has been sent to the County Planning Commission and all adjoining municipalities for a 45 day comment period. Meetings to receive public comment on the proposed plan will be held by first the Planning Commission and then the Board of Supervisors. These will likely be in October or November of 2008.

The August 2008 Draft Comprehensive Plan may be seen by clicking on the links in the table below. A paper copy may be reviewed in the township office. THIS IS A DRAFT PLAN AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT.

The document is 188 pages long. With high resolution maps, the filesize is over 34MB!(a lengthy download). A version with slightly lower resolution maps is only 6MB long. The Future Land Use Map and individual chapters are available separately. Chapter 8 Future Land Use Plan will probably be of greatest interest.

A public meeting to seek community input on the Comprehensive Plan was held June 12, 2007 at 6:30pm at the Elementary School. The community input is summarized in Appendix 1 Public Outreach Initiative

August 2008 Draft Comprehensive Plan
File Description Pages Filesize
Future Land Use Map p.111 639KB
Entire Plan with medium res Maps p.1-188 6,153KB
Entire Plan with higher res Maps p.1-188 34,445KB
Individual Plan Chapters Pages Filesize
0 Title and Contents p. 1-6 295KB
1 Introduction to the Comprehensive Plan p. 7-14 454KB
2 Socioeconomic Profile p.15-34 141KB
3 Housing Profile p.35-45 89KB
4 Community Facilities Profile p.46-56 310KB
5 Transportation Profile p.57-66 172KB
6 Existing Land Use Profile p.67-71 154KB
7 Natural and Historic Resources Profile p.72-92 1,672KB
8 Future Land Use Plan p.93-111 426KB
9 Natural and Historic Resources Plan p.112-127 172KB
10 Housing Plan p.128-140 122KB
11 Community Facilities Plan p.141-148 305KB
12 Transportation Plan p.149-168 1,722KB
13 Implementation p.169-188 73KB
Appendix 1 Public Outreach Initiative p.179-188 142KB

Prior Comprehensive Plans

From Jan 2001 to Dec 2004, the township was a member of the Lower Dauphin Area Regional Planning Group. Read CO's Criticism of LDARPG Conewago Rezoning Plan. Updated Oct 25, 2004 . The township withdrew from the LDARPG in Dec 2004.

Click here to see the March 1981 Township's Comprehensive Plan This is a large file ~3MB in pdf format. Does not include the maps (yet).
Interesting Note: One Supervisor and one Planning Commission member worked on both the 1981 and 2008 plans, 27 years apart!

2008 Comprehensive Plan Meetings

These are joint meetings of the Planning Commission with the Board of Supervisors.
Comprehensive Plan usually meets first Wed of month at 7:00pm. With the completion of the draft plan in June 2008, no more meetings are currently scheduled.

Comprehensive Plan
2008 Meeting Minutes
Feb 06, 2008 Mar 05, 2008
Apr 02, 2008 canceled
May 28, 2008 Jun 30, 2008

Years 2005 - 2007 Comprehensive Plan Meetings

Prior year Comprehensive Plan Meeting Minutes
will be found in the Records Archive.
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