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Nesquehoning Borough Planning Commission Will be having a planning meeting on Monday 3/23/ 2026 at 5:00 p.m. At the Nesquehoning Borough Building 114 W. Catawissa St. Nesquehoning, Pa. "The purpose is to review & approve Data Center Ordinance." Mar 19
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on March 2, 2026, the Board of Supervisors of Penn Forest Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania adopted Ordinance No. 1 of 2026 entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF PENN FOREST, COUNTY OF CARBON, COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 240 (ZONING) OF THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF PENN FOREST, AND AMENDING THE PENN FOREST ZONING MAP." A brief statement of the general content of this Ordinance is as follows:
1. Zoning Map Amendment. The existing Penn Forest Township zoning map is amended to add a new DC Data Center Overlay District. The real property located in the DC Data Center Overlay District is owned by Mele Bros. Realty and identified by tax parcel numbers 53-51-A12, 67-51-A11.01, 67-51-A11.03, and 67-51-A16.
2. Section 240-26 (Definitions) is amended to add the following new definitions: Area of Influence (AOI); Data Center; Data Center Accessory Use; Fully Shielded; Groundwater; Light Trespass; Luminaire; Nadir; Recharge, Aquifer Recharge, or Groundwater Recharge; Sensitive Receptor; Specimen Tree; Water Body; and Watercourse.
3. Article IV, Districts, section 240-27, Designation of districts and purposes, is amended to add the DC Data Center Overlay District.
4. Article IV, Districts, section 240-32, Table of allowed uses in each zoning district, is amended to permit Data Centers and Data Center Accessory Uses in the DC Data Center Overlay District as conditional uses.
5. Article IV, Districts, section 240-33, Dimensional requirements in each district and site capacity, subsection A, is amended to add a reference to the DC Data Center Overlay District.
6. The "Table of Dimensional Requirements in Each District and Site Capacity" found at Attachment 2 in the Zoning Ordinance, is amended to provide for Data Centers and Data Center Accessory Uses.
7. A new section 240-40.2 is added which contains regulations regarding the dimensional requirements and site capacity in the DC Data Center Overlay District including, amongst other things, dimensional standards; requirements for buffer yards, provisions for equipment screening and fencing, noise and vibration, water and sewer, power supply, emergency management, architectural and design standards, parking and loading, electronic and other waste, environmental impact assessment, fiscal impact analysis, woodland protection and replacement, lighting, and decommissioning.
8. Article VI, Environmentally Sensitive Areas, is amended to delete section 240-48 entitled "Control of light and glare" in its entirety and replace it with a new section 240-48 entitled "Control of light and glare", which regulates exterior lighting in order to minimize glare, light trespass, and sky glow, and to protect adjoining properties and public rights-of-way, and reduce lighting conflicts between property owners.
9. Article VI, Environmentally Sensitive Areas, is amended to add a new section 240-48.1 entitled "Woodland protection and replacement" which provides woodland protection and replacement standards for trees, woodlands, and shrubs.
10. Article IX, General Regulations, section 240-62, Height exceptions, is amended to delete "water towers" and "heating/ventilation/air-conditioning equipment", and to limit other appurtenances to a maximum of four (4') feet in height.
11. Article IX, General Regulations, is amended to add a new section 240-67 entitled "Performance Standards" which provides performance standards for such things as air quality; fire and explosion hazards; glare and heat; waste disposal; noise; vibration; odor; electrical, radio, and electromagnetic disturbance; radioactivity; electrical, diesel, gas, or other power; water supply; ground and water contamination; and, general health and safety.
12. Article IX, General Regulations, is amended to add a new section 240-68 entitled "Impact assessments and studies" which is intended to provide for the identification of environmental and community impacts and means of mitigation of impacts of development projects in the Township. Where required, impact assessments and studies shall address such things as: potential environmental impacts; fiscal impact assessment; sound and vibration studies; and, water and sewer and water feasibility studies. As to each of the foregoing the amendments contain requirements as to what must be contained in the study.
The full text of this Ordinance may be reviewed by members of the public at the Penn Forest Township Municipal Building, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The address of the Penn Forest Township Municipal Building is 2010 State Route 903, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229.
This publication is intended to provide notification of an ordinance and that any person claiming a right to challenge the validity of the ordinance must bring a legal action within thirty (30) days of the publication of the second notice.
DANA VITALE
TOWNSHIP SECRETARY
PENN FOREST TOWNSHIP
2010 STATE ROUTE 903
JIM THORPE, PA 18229
THOMAS S. NANOVIC, ESQUIRE
TOWNSHIP SOLICITOR
57 BROADWAY
JIM THORPE, PA 18229
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ESTATE NOTICE
Estate of Alton B. Eckert Jr., deceased, late of Slatington, County of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned, who requests all persons having claims or demands against the Estate of the Decedent to make the same, and all persons indebted to the Decedent to make payments without delay to:
Executor: Donald Brooks Eckert
a/k/a Donald B. Eckert
c/o Joshua D. Shulman, Esquire
SHULMAN LAW OFFICE PC
1935 Center Street
Northampton, PA 18067
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RUSH TOWNSHIP
NOTICE
Be notified that the Rush Township Board of Supervisors is considering the adoption of two ordinances. One ordinance would require cost reimbursement to certain emergency responders for each false alarm responded to after the 2nd false alarm responded to in any consecutive 12-month period, provide means of appealing the classification of an alarm as a false alarm, provide for enforcement and penalties, and contain repealer, severability and effective date provisions. One ordinance would repeal and replace Ordinance No. 210 and regulate the nomination, approval and removal of special fire police, requiring candidates to be 18 years of age, have a valid Pennsylvania drivers license, provide child abuse clearances and criminal background checks, meet certain training requirements, and confirm the right in the Board of Supervisors to remove persons as special fire police officers at any time for any reason, and contain repealer, severability and effective date provisions. Copies of the proposed ordinances can be inspected at the Rush Township Municipal Building at 104 Mahanoy Avenue, Tamaqua, PA 18252, during normal working hours. The Board of Supervisors may vote on the proposed ordinances at a public meeting at the Municipal Building scheduled for Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.
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