Public Hearing Held On Subdivision Law Amendments
A public hearing was held Thursday night on proposed amendments to the Potter County Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance. The revisions have been crafted by the Potter County Planning Commission. PCPC members unanimously voted to recommend to Commissioners Doug Morley, Paul Heimel and Susan Kefover that the amendments be adopted.
No members of the public turned out for Thursday’s hearing, but two news reporters from the Potter Leader-Enterprise attended. Potter County Planning Director Charlotte Dietrich said the lack of attendance could be attributed to the fact that PCPC had ironed out wrinkles and areas of dispute prior to approving the amendments.
Dietrich summarized the changes, which deal with regulations covering development of new rental cabins, single-lot subdivisions for property owners’ family members, surface requirements for subdivision roads, minimum road frontage and other regulations. She pointed out that municipal officials, surveyors and developers had provided input on the amendments.
Dietrich said the PCPC believed the new regulations strike a balance that accommodates orderly development while prohibiting practices that can jeopardize public safety or create problems for property owners or local governments.
Copies of the proposed amendments are available at the Planning Office in the Gunzburger Building (274-8254). The commissioners are expected to vote on the Planning Commission’s recommendations at their Oct. 21 meeting (11 am).
14 comments:
While everyone appreciates the report of the outcome of the Public Hearing on the changes to the law that our commissioners will vote on, I wonder if residents didn't care what they do of if they didn't know about the hearing. It would have been nice to have had the changes put online for residents to look over before a hearing, and maybe a notice online that the hearing was to take place. An opportunity for input from citizens online may have been beneficial to know if it is a good law or not. The state published it's proposed laws in the Pennsylvania Bulletin for everyone to see online.
Or, people may have just tossed in the towel given the recent developments in gas/oil drilling, wind turbine erections, outdoor word burning, Obamacare, etc.
No harm in putting it online, if theres nothing to hide.
It is 2010, isn't it?
11:44, I'm very curious to know what you think affordable medical coverage for all Americans has to do with preventing the public from attending a meeting on zoning in Potter County.
I will refrain from using the term "O****care" because as everybody knows, only retards repeat words like that. Teabagging retards!
I had no idea the hearing was scheduled. I keep up on local news fairly well and was surprised to read this "after-the-fact" report. It is never a good idea to "throw in the towel." We must always be vigilant and on top of what our officials are doing.
There was a lot of notice beforehand about this meeting being held.
An article about this meeting being held was on the county's Potter County Today site.
There was a notice about it on the Planning Commission's website.
There was a report about it being held on WFRM Radio news.
There was a public notice about it being held in the Leader Enterprise.
There was an article about it being held in the Endeavor newspaper.
It may have also been on Gerri Miller's radio station on the internet.
Obviously I was wrong. Apparently everyone in Potter County knew about this hearing but me and had no reason to go to the hearing. I seldom have time to read the print publications. Please forgive me for questioning.
Some people don't go because the "stuck-ups" higher-ups could give a rats*** about what the taxpayers have to say.
I saw notices about it in the paper but no details on what it was about. Why don't the newspapers report on this stuff like they used to? The Planning Commission used to get writeups and we knew about the subdivision laws and issues and controversies and now nobody reports on it.
I believe the "stuck-ups" do care. I can't speak for the previous boards of Commissioners but these three genuinely want input. BTW-I am not a county employee, nor would I want to be, the hours are long and pay is on the low side.
To: Friday, October 15, 2010 8:56:00 AM EDT
Please do NOT use the word "Retard" in that manner. I take offense to that word and in the "disabilities world" that word has almost as much power as the "N" word does when it comes to race. Please be careful with your words. Thank you!
On 10/6/10 @ 11:05 AM there was a post to this site about this meeting and a link (to access online) the proposed changes....just saying.
Dear 8:56:00 poster,
Nicely put and I couldn't agree with you more.
http://solomonswords.blogspot.com/2010/10/potter-county-commissioners-announce.html
Apparently the 16 hour days are getting to me. It was posted here a week before the hearing. My bad. You have my sincere apology.
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