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COLONIAL INTERMEDIATE UNIT 20 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING The May meeting of the Colonial Intermediate Unit 20 Board of School Directors is scheduled for Wednesday, May 27, 2026 beginning at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Colonial Intermediate Unit 20, 6 Danforth Drive Easton, PA 18045. The agenda can be found on our website (www.ciu20.org) under "Community", "Board of Directors", "Agendas". May 20-21
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ELDRED TOWNSHIP
NOTICE OF ENACTMENT OF ZONING ORDINANCE AND SUBDIVISION AND
LAND DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS
The Board of Supervisors of Eldred Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, hereby gives public notice of its enactment of Township Ordinances #2026-01 and #2026-02 at the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Supervisors held on April 15, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. The titles and summaries of the Ordinances are as follows:
TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE #2026-01
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ELDRED TOWNSHIP ZONING ORDINANCE, TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE #2014-01, AS AMENDED; AMENDING SECTION 303, DEFINITIONS, BY REVISING, ADDING OR DELETING DEFINITIONS FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT, SOLAR COMMERCIAL FACILITY AND OTHER DEFINITIONS RELATED TO SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTION; AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY CHANGING REFERENCES FROM "SOLAR POWER GENERATION, COMMERCIAL" TO "SOLAR COMMERCIAL FACILITY", THROUGH OUT THE ORDINANCE; REPLACING CURRENT SECTION 847 WITH A NEW SECTION 847, SOLAR COMMERCIAL FACILITY, PROVIDING STANDARDS SOLAR COMMERCIAL FACILITIES; AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
The enacted Ordinance amends the Township Zoning Ordinance in regards to a Solar Commercial Facility (SCF), including, without limitation, the following:
Section 1. Section 303, Definitions, of the Zoning Ordinance is amended by (A) amending the current definitions for LAND DEVELOPMENT and SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM; (B) adding definitions for DECOMMISSIONING PLAN, SOLAR ACCESS, SOLAR COMMERCIAL FACILITY (SCF), SOLAR EASEMENT, SOLAR ENERGY, SOLAR GLARE, and SOLAR RELATED EQUIPMENT; and (C) deleting definitions for SOLAR ENERGY STORAGE FACILITY and SOLAR POWER GENERATION, COMMERCIAL.
Section 2. The Zoning Ordinance is amended by changing the Zoning Ordinance references from "Solar Power Generation, Commercial" to "Solar Commercial Facility", throughout the entire Ordinance.
Section 3. Article VIII, Standards for Specific Uses, of the Zoning Ordinance, is amended by deleting the current Section 847 Solar Power Generation, Commercial in its entirety and replacing it with a new Section 847 Solar Commercial Facility. The new Section contains comprehensive standards for a Solar Commercial Facility, including without limitation, provisions concerning:
847 Solar Commercial Facility
Purpose; Land Development; Application Requirements; Development Standards, Requirements, and Criteria; Fence; Landscaping and Buffers, Woodland Areas; Prohibited Development Locations; Ground Cover; Access and Parking; Signs; Utility Lines; Bulk and Coverage; Lot Coverage; Solar Glare; Standards and Certification; Owner and Operator Changes; Emergency Contacts; Utility Substation Proximity; Noise Limitations; Decommissioning; Notification of Township; Presumption of Discontinuance and Abandonment; Six Months for Removal; Decommissioning Cost Estimate; Decommissioning Financial Security; Landowner Responsibility; Township Intervention; Transferability; Decommissioning Conditions of the Zoning Permit; Shadows and/or Obstructions; Solar Easements; Storage of Related Equipment; Solar Commercial Facility as a Second Principal Use; and Partial Decommissioning.
TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE #2026-02
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ELDRED TOWNSHIP SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE, TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE #2014-02, AS AMENDED; AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF LAND DEVELOPMENT TO INCLUDE SOLAR COMMERCIAL FACILITIES; PROVIDING A METHODOLOGY FOR THE CALCULATION OF A RECREATION FEE FOR A SOLAR COMMERCIAL FACILITY, AND THE INITIAL FEE AMOUNT; AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
The enacted Ordinance amends the Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance (SALDO) as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "Land Development" in Section 204, Specific Terms, of the SALDO, is amended to include the development of a lot, tract or parcel of land for a Solar Commercial Facility (SCF) as defined in the Eldred Township Zoning Ordinance, as amended.
Section 2. Section 620.6, Recreation Fees, F. Fee Amount, of the SALDO, is amended by adding a subsection 3 which sets forth the fee requirements for a Solar Commercial Facility (as defined in the Eldred Township Zoning Ordinance).
The foregoing is a summary only. Interested parties should review the actual text of the enacted Ordinances. The enacted Ordinances also provide for other miscellaneous matters.
This publication is intended to provide notification of the enactment 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.
Complete and true copies of the enacted Ordinances are on file and may be examined, without charge or obtained for a charge no greater than the cost of reproduction, by the public at the Eldred Township Municipal Building, 490 Kunkletown Road, Kunkletown, PA 18058, during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Copies of the enacted Ordinances are also available for inspection or copying at the Monroe County Law Library.
KING, SPRY, HERMAN, FREUND & FAUL LLC
Attorneys and Counselors
One West Broad Street, Suite 700
Bethlehem, PA 18018
By: Michael A. Gaul, Esquire
Solicitor-Township of Eldred
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TOWNSHIP OF WHITEHALL
ZONING HEARING BOARD
PUBLIC HEARINGS
The regular monthly meeting of the Whitehall Township Zoning Hearing Board will be held on June 16, 2026, at 7:00 p.m., in the Public Meeting Room of the Municipal Building, at 3219 MacArthur Road, Whitehall, PA 18052, to hear the following Appeal and application:
DOCKET # 2143 – ProSolve Global Solutions, LLC – 855 Third Street, Whitehall, PA 18052. Location: 855 Third Street, Whitehall, PA 18052, PIN 640812142058. The subject property is located in the C-1 Neighborhood Commercial Zoning District. Applicant is requesting a favorable interpretation that sections 27-45(C) and 27-146(21), requiring a scaled site plan signed and sealed by a registered professional and requiring 11 off street parking spaces up to Township standards, do not apply to a pending Conditional Use application to continue to operate an illegal rooming or boarding house as a drug and alcohol recovery house. In the alternative, Applicant is appealing the Zoning Officer's Memorandum and recommendation to the Board Of Commissioners and Planning Commission regarding that Conditional Use application. Continued to this Meeting at the request of the Applicant.
DOCKET # 2147 – JAD Property Investments, LLC – 1916 Butz Road, Mertztown, PA 19539. Location: 41 Madison Lane, Whitehall, PA 18052, PIN 549832053077. The subject property is located in the R-5 High Density Residential Zoning District. This is an Appeal from an Enforcement Notice. In the alternative, Applicant is requesting Variances to sections 27-18 and 27-75(E)(3) of the Zoning Ordinance to allow a rear patio roof built without a Permit, resulting in 48.2% building coverage (800 square feet) which is in excess of the maximum 40% building coverage (680 square feet) permitted.
Copies of plans, applications and supporting documents are available for public inspection at the Township Municipal Building. Comments and questions may be submitted to CGittinger@Whitehalltwppa.gov.
The decisions of the Township of Whitehall Zoning Hearing Board are made without regard to race, color, national origin, familial status, and disability status of the Applicant.
The Whitehall Township Municipal Building is accessible to the physically handicapped. Any person that requires special assistance to understand the nature of the business conducted at the above meeting because of visual, hearing, or other impairment, is requested to contact the Zoning Officer at least five (5) days prior to the scheduled meeting to arrange for the necessary assistance.
Applicants, and all interested parties MUST appear at this hearing to be considered.
The Whitehall Township Zoning Hearing Board has an obligation to affirmatively further fair housing and to review all land use and zoning applications in accordance with federal civil right statutes. This includes taking meaningful actions that overcome patterns of segregation and foster inclusive communities free from barriers that restrict access to opportunity based on protected characteristics.
The Zoning Hearing Board, in its land use and zoning decisions, does not discriminate against persons based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, or familial status and reviews all land use and zoning applications in accordance with federal civil rights statutes. Public comments made on the basis of bias and stereotype concerning people within these protected classes will not be taken into consideration by the Zoning Hearing Board in its deliberations.
Christopher W. Gittinger
Zoning and Code Enforcement Officer
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Lansford Borough Council will hold an executive session of council followed by a Special Meeting on Thursday, May 28th, 2026
at the borough building, 1 West Ridge Street, Lansford, PA at 6:00pm for the purpose of hearing informational contract details of a grant, then followed by a Special Meeting of council at 7:00p.m. to review the details of the STMP Grant and for general purposes.
Borough Secretary Ashley Mclaughlin
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