SUSQUEHANNA
Vol. 75 No. 13 - April 2, 1975
ULLETIN
Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin
MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA.
New proposed zoning in Mt. Joy
in line with laws, future change
A new proposed zoning
ordinance has been drawn
up for Mount Joy Borough,
the first since 1946.
The new proposed ordin-
ance was written to imple-
ment the Comprehensive
Plan for the Donegal Area,
devised in 1969.
Complies with Act 247
The new ordinance also
complies with the provisions
of Pennsylvania’s Act 247,
passed by the legislature in
1972, which forbids zoning
that does not allow for ade-
quate housing for people of
all incomes and back-
grounds.
Some residents of the
borough are objecting to
to the new proposed zoning
ordinance. The objectors
maintain that the new ordin-
ance does not adequately
protect single-family dwell-
ing areas in the borough.
Unlike the ordinance of
1946, the new proposed or-
dinance contains provisions
for conditional uses in resi-
dential areas, including mul-
ti-family units - subject to
approval by the planning
commission and the borough
council.
Omar Groff
he manages,
The objectors to the new
proposed ordinance reside
chiefly in the Bruce Avenue
and Park Avenue areas. They
are afraid that the new or-
dinance could eventually
permit apartment houses
and condominiums in their
neighborhoods.
Adequate protection
in ordinance
Borough officials main-
tain that there is no real
danger. First of all, deed re-
strictions protect the single
family lots. - Secondly, no
changes in land use can be
made without approval of
the planning commission,
and of - the borough
council. They feel that
single family areas are more
than adequately protected
by these provisions.
Borough officials alsc
point out that the ordin-
ance of 1946 which is still
in effect and which permits
no conditional uses, would
probably stand up in court
if it were ever tested. It is
contrary to Act 247 and
probably also unconsutu-
tional according to a recent
decision
at work at Esbenshade poultry operation, which
of the U. S. Su-
preme Court which has ruled
against any municipal zon-
ing which might discrimin-
ate against any class of peo-
ple.
Zoning must be flexible
Officials of the borough
point out that any zoning
ordinance must contain suf-
ficient flexibility to adapt
to possible future change. It
should also contain provis-
ions to protect the existing
rights of residents against
possible deterioration of
their neighborhoods. The
new proposed ordinance,
they feel, allows for possible
change and meets constitu-
tional requirements, while at
the same time protecting
the existing quality of neigh-
borhoods for residents.
“Orderly growth”
Omar Groff, chairman of
the planning commission of
Mount Joy, who lives near
Park Avenue and is their
representative on the Bor-
ough Council from the East
Ward, feels an obligation to
represent the wishes of many
of his constituents who op-
pose the new proposed or-
dinance. But as vice-presi-
dent of the Council and
chairman of the planning
commission he must also
represent the best interests
of all the people of Mount
Joy.
He strongly feels that the
new proposed ordinance
“will allow for future growth
of the borough in an orderly
fashion.”
Bateman willing to discuss
Borough ManagerJoseph
Bateman has indicated his
willingness to discuss with
any citizen any questions
he or she might have about
the new proposed ordinance.
In response to objections
raised by some citizens, the
Planning Commission has
made specific changes in
some sections of the pro-
posed ordinance.
At the next meeting of
the Borough Council on
April 14, there will be a
public hearing to discuss
changes made in the pro-
pased ordinance since the
public hearing on February
19.
DONEGAL HIGH SCHOOL
PRESENTS
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A LERNER AND LOEWE MUSICAL
APRIL4.5.11.12
8.00PM.
Probably the grandest
musical production ever to
be performed in the Donegal
area will open this Friday
night at 8 p.m. in the audi-
torium of Donegal High
School.
Last spring local audi-
ences were enthralled by
the production, “Briga-
doon,” but hard as it may be
to believe, this year’s musi-
cal by Donegal High School
promises to overshadow that
previous high in localenter-
tainment,
For three months 200
people have been laboring
night and day to get ready
for the opening of that cur-
tain this Friday night.
There is more of every-
thing this year. More ac-
tors, actresses, singers, and
dancers. (There areeven a
small boy and a dog in the
cast.) More music. More
scenery. More emotion.
More sophistication. More
awe. More splendor,
Two new lighting techni-
ques are being introduced
to the Donegal stage.
First, the use of a scrim,
which is a translucent or at
times transparent screen
dropped in the middle of
the stage with action taking
place both in the foreground
and the background; the
sometimes faint movement
of dancers in the background
adds dramatic effect to the
central action in the fore-
ground. The spectator can
literally be in two places at
once, with all the added
meaning derived from such
omnipresence.
Also, a black light illu-
minates only the parts of
dancers’ costumes treated
with fluorescent paint. The
resulting purified motion of
the dancers is both eerie and
fantastic.
A technique introduced
last year has been extended
this year, with some of the
dramatic action beginning
in the aisles, then moving
forward to the stage, tak-
ing the attention and emo-
tions of the audience with
it, there to be focused with
powerful effect.
One of the most moving
scenes in “Camelot” is ac-
complished in complete si-
lence, when the slain body
of Sir Lionel is borne down
the aisle through the audi-
ence and laid center stage
before the grieving King
Arthur and his entire court.
All this pageantry and
fine technique enhances the
stirring theme of the story,
Ten Cents
Poster by Pat Peifer
a story old to us as indivia-
uals because it goes back
to our childhood when we
read the inspiring stories of
“King Arthur and His Noble
Knights of the Round
Table,” and old to us as a
race, because it goes back
to times more ancient than
Arthur’s and will go forward
as long as there are people
on earth. It is the story of
love and jealousy, of the
love of man and woman for
each other and of the con-
flicting love of man for man,
with all the tragic comnse-
quences of such conflicting
loves. And at the end, it is
the eternal story too, eof
how hope for peace and
love and beauty in the next
generation can rise from
the ashes of their destruc-
tion in this generation.
TICKET INFORMATION
“Camelot” will be per-
formed at 8 p.m. in the
auditorium of Donegal High
School on Friday, April 4:
Saturday, April 5: Friday,
April 11; and Saturday,
April 12.
Admission on Fridays,
April 4 and 11, will be
$1.00 forstudentsand $2.50
for adults. On Saturdays,
April 5 and 12, admission
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