A34-LancMttr Farming, Saturday, April 29,1989
Lancaster Countians Urged To Speak Out On ■ Development
BY LISA RISSER
LANCASTER Development
versus farm preservation is a hot
topic in Lancaster County. For
quite some time, countians have
debated on municipal levels about
what should be done. Now is the
time for them to make themselves
heard.
The Lancaster County Planning
Commission released in February
a draft policy statement of the
comprehensive plan that outlines
goals to control growth. Ronald T.
Bailey, county planning director,
is inviting opinions from residents.
“Wc want citizen involvement in
each of the four parts of the plan,”
he said. ‘The key to (the plan’s)
success is effective communica
tion. We’re not trying to sell (the
draft) as a catalog of ideas. We
want to open dialogue to occur on
the plan.”
The plan, which is being deve
loped in four stages, is intended to
give Lancaster County’s 60 mun
icipalities guidelines and help
them to work together, something
of which they have done little.
The Planning Commission’s
main goal of attaining community
consensus for controlling growth
began on Friday when it met with
municipal officials. Today they
will meet 'with representatives
from organizations.
Three guest speakers are fea
tured at the meetings, which will
be moderated by A 1 Benkendorf,
an Oregon-based planning consul
tant. The speakers are David
Church of Successful Communi
ties Program in New Jersey. Suc
cessful Communities is a national
program aimed at helping growing
communities find ways to develop
and retain their resources; Mau
reen Wheatley, member of the
Bucks County Regional Planning
Commission; and Diane R. Brake,
representative of the Middlesex-
Somerset-Mercer Regional Coun
cil in New Jersey.
In subsequent weeks the Plan
ning Commission will hold public
meetings around the county. The
Wayne Co, Extension
Celebration
HONESDALE (Wayne)
Wayne County Cooperative Exen
sion and Penn State’s College of
Agriculture are celebrating the
75th anniversary of cooperative
extension the week of May 8. On
May 8, 1914, the United States
Congress passed the Smith-Lever
Act, which funded cooperative
extension at land-grant universi
ties in every state. As a result,
Pennsylvania’s first county agent
was appointed that same year to
serve in Bedford Qpunty. While
the Wayne County Pomona
Grange began efforts in 1915 to
secure a local agent it was not
until May 1916 that Ray Wakely
was hired to fill the spot in Wayne
County.
While the Wayne County
observance of the 75th anniver
sary will include displays in the
lobby of the Court House and in
the window of Rea and Derick
drug store a highlight of the celeb
ration will be an open house in the
Wayne County Extension office
on May 8 from 2:00 to 5:30 p.m.
The public is invited to the open
house which will feature a histori
cal video and presentations by
staff members of several current
educational programs being
meetings, which beginat7:3o, will
take place:
•Tuesday, May 2, Lancaster
Recreation Commission
•Wednesday, May 3, Manheim
Township Municipal Building
•Thursday, May 4, East Hemp
field Township Municipal
Building
•Wednesday, May 10, Solanco
High School Auditorium
•Thursday, May 11, Ephrata
High School
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Among the actions the draft out
lines for agricultural land include:
•identifying areas for urban
development
•enact municipal zoning regula
tions that protect agricultural uses
from non-farm activities that
would interfere with normal farm
practices
•establish minimum lot sizes in
farm-use zones so that farming
may continue within the zones
•enact flexible zoning regula
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preneurial acitivities that provide
markets for agricultural products
•restrict extension of sanitaiy
sewer and water systems into agri
cullual areas
•enact municipal zoning stan
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allow for the permanent conserva
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•encourage organizations to
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