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Tu-Rbot Township Comprehensive Plan TU-RBOT TOWNSHIP NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PHASE = I 1978 NASSAUX HEMSLEY, INC. CONSULTANTS 56 N.SECOND STREET CHAMBERSBURG,PA. 17201 PH. 717-263-4109 THE PREPARATION OF THIS DOCUMENT WAS FINANCED IN PART THROUGH A PLANNING GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF COM- MUNITY AFFAIRS UNDER THE PROVISION OF ACT llA APPROVED AUGUST 20, 1977, AS ADMINISTERED BY THE BUREAU OF PLANNING, PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, TURBOT TOWNSHIP REPRESENTATIVES BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PLANNING COMMISSION PLANNING CONSULTANT Nassaux-Hemsley, Incorporated NHI Building 56 North Second Street Chambersburg, PA 17201 TABLE OF CONTENTS TURBOT TONNSH IP. NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY. PtNNSYLVANJA COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROGRAM BACKGROUND STUDY PHASE I PAGE NUMBER CHAPTER 1 PHYSICAL FEATURES ANALYSIS Physiography and Relief ............... 1 Slopes ....................... 1 Soils ....................... 1 Soil Suitability .................. 3 Prime Agricultural Lands .............. 4 Flood Hazard Areas ................. 5 Drainage ....................... 5 Climate ....................... 5 Groundwater Resources ................ 5 Summary ....................... 6 CHAPTER 2 ECONOMIC ANALYSIS Introduction 7 Regional Historical Economic Character ....... 7 Employment Characteristics .Turbot Township .... 8 Manufacturing .................... 10 Agriculture .................... 12 Retail Trade. Services. and Other Industrial Categories .................... 13 Earnings by Industrial Category ........... 13 Family Income .................... 14 Current Labor Market Conditions .......... 14 Summary ....................... 15 CHAPTER 3 MUNICIPAL FINANCE ANALYSIS Introduction .................... 16 General Considerations ............... 16 Taxation ...................... 17 Turbot Township Revenues 1970 through 1977 ..... 19 Other Funds .................... 21 Municipal Borrowing ................ 22 Future Budget Considerations ............ 24 TaxRates ...................... 27 Per Capita Revenues/Expenditures .......... 27 Tax Comparisons with Adjoining Milton Area School District Community ................ 27 i TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED) PAGE NUMBER CHAPTER 4 COMMUNITY FACILITIES ANALYSIS Introduction .................... 28 Police Services ................... 28 Fire Companies ................... 28 Historic and Conservation Areas ........... 29 Municipal Building ................. 29 Public School Facilities .............. 29 Recreational Facilities ............... 30 Communications ................... 32 Religious Facilities ................ 33 Health Related Facilities .............. 33 CHAPTER 5 COMMUNITY UTILITIES ANALYSIS Introduction .................... 35 Municipal Water Supply ............... 35 Wastewater Collection/Treatment Facilities ..... 35 Wastewater Facilities and Township Development ... 37 Storm Water Facilities ............... 38 Telephone Service .................. 38 Electrical Service ................. 38 Solid Waste Collection ............... 38 CHAPTER 6 POPULATION ANALYSIS Introduction .................... 40 Population Trends .................. 40 Age/Sex Distribution ................ 41 Persons per Household ................ 41 Educational Attainment ............... 42 Resident Stability ................. 43 Population Changes ................. 44 Estimate of Present Population ........... 45 Population Projections ............... 45 Summary ....................... 47 CHAPTER 7 TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS Introduction .................... 48 Recent Transportation Impacts ............ 49 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONT I NUED) CHAPTER 7 (Continued) PAGE NUMBER Jurisdiction .................... 50 Traffic Generators ................. 50 Traffic Volumes ................... 51 Traffic Accidents/Hazardous Area .......... 53 Other Transportation Facilities' ........... 54 Future Transportation Considerations ........ 54 Summary ....................... 55 CHAPTER 8 HOUSING ANALYSIS Introduction .................... 56 Housing Units by Occupancy ............. 56 Vacancy and Market Conditions ............ 57 Housing Conditions .................. 57 Housing Value .................... 59 Urban Development Projects ............. 60 Present Housing By Type or Use - 1978 ........ 60 Present Housing Conditions ............. 61 Housing Trends ................... 62 Housing Market Conditions .Needs .......... 62 Summary ....................... 63 CHAPTER 9 EXISTING LAND USE ANALYSIS Introduction .................... 65 Residential Activity ................ 65 Commercial Activity ................. 66 Public/Quasi-Public Activity ............ 66 Industrial ..................... 66 Forests and Orchards ................ 67 Agriculture/Open Space ............... 67 Land Use Trends ................... 68 Land Use and Its Relationship with Transportation Systems and Physical Features .......... 68 FloodPlains .................... 69 Annexation ..................... 70 Summary of Land Use ................. 70 iii J IST OF MAPS TITLE FOLLOWS PAGE NUMBER Geology ..................... .. 1 Slope Map .................... .. 1 Soil Associations .................. 2 Soil Suitability For On-Lot Disposal ...... .. 4 Prime Agricultural Areas .............. 4 Flood Hazard Map .................. 5 Potential Groundwater Yield ............. 6 Potential Groundwater Recharge Areas ........ 6 Recreational Facilities ............... 31 Keystone Water Company Service Area ......... 35 Proposed Sanitary Sewer Service Area ...... .. 36 Roadway Jurisdictions .............. .. 50 Traffic Generators. ................. 50 Traffic Volumes ................... 52 Traffic Accidents and Hazardous Intersections . .. 53 Existing Land Use ................ .. 65 Areas Recently Annexed By Milton Borough ...... 70 iv LIST OF TABLES TITLE FOLLOWS PAGE NUMBER Soil Limitations and Suitability For On-Site Disposal of Effluent ............... 4 Occupation of Employed Persons ............ 8 Employment As A Percentage of Total Employment By Occupation of Employed Persons .......... 8 Industry of Employed Persons ............. 10 Employment As A Percent of Total Employment By Industry of Employed Persons ........... 10 Manufacturing Industries By Standard Industrial Code - 1977-1978 For Northumberland County Planning District No. 2 .............. 10 Agriculture - 1964 and 1974 - Northumberland County . 12 Earnings By Broad Industrial Sectors - 1970 ..... 13 Income of Families and Unrelated Individuals ..... 14 Comparisons of Median Family Incomes ......... 14 Labor Market Conditions ............... 14 Second Class Township Taxation ............ 18 Revenues Per Fund For 1970 through 1977 ....... 19 Expenditures Per Fund For 1970 through 1977 ..... 20 Turbot Township Tax Statement ............. 27 Comparison of Tax Data for Milton Borough and the Township of East Chillisquaque, West Chillisquaque and Turbot as of January 1, 1978 ... 27 Milton Area School District Facilities ........ 29 Proposed Standards For Public Recreation Development . 31 Population Trends .................. 40 Age-Sex Composition (Distribution) .......... 41 Occupied Units By Persons in Unit and Tenure ..... 42 Persons 25 Years and Over By Years of School Completed By Sex ................. 43 Persons By the Year Person Moved Into Housing Unit . 43 Birth/Death Relationships .............. 44 Population Projections ................ 46 V LIST OF TAB1 ES (CONTINUED) TITLE FOLLOWS PAGE NUMBER Housing Units By Tenure and Vacancy Status - 1970 Occupied Units By Tenure and Persons Per Room - 1970 ..................... .. 58 Housing Units Lacking Some or All Plumbing Facilities - 1970 ............... .. 58 Housing Units By Year Structure Built and Tenure -1970 ................. .. 59 Value of Housing and Contract Rent - 1970 ...... 60 Structures Tabulated By Use - 1978 .......... 61 Land Use of.Enventoried Acreage 1978 and 1974 . .. 68 Approximate Acreage By Land Use Activity ........ 71 vi PHYSICAL FEATURES ANALYSIS PHYSIOGRAPHY AND RELIEF Turbot Township, in the northern quandrant of Northumberland County, lies within the Appalachian Highlands, Ridge and Valley province. This region of Northumberland County is largely a broad valley underlined by thin-bedded shales and limestones. The accompanying "Geologic Map" illustrates this geologic feature in Turbot Township indicating the approxi- mate bedrock configuration. The rather flat to rolling land- scape of the Township is characterized by a relief of about 260 feet. The highest elevation above sea level, 700 feet, occurs at several points in the central area of Turbot Town- ship; the lowest elevation, about 440 feet above sea level occurs at the southwestern corner of the Township where the West Branch of the Susquehanna River leaves the Township. SLOPES Slopes are an important consideration as the percentage of slope directly affects the rate and volume of surface water run-off and the general suitability of land for specific construction activities. The accompanying "Slope Map" indicates the areas of Turbot Township which exhibit slopes greater than 15 percent, based upon the soil series description. Typically, slopes which exceed 15 percent are less suitable for higher order de- velopment and have limited utility for agricultural and recrea- tional uses. Furthermore, there is a direct relationship between the degree of slope and potential environmental degra- dation. SOILS Soils are composed of complex mixtures of weathered rock, primary minerals, secondary minerals, organic matter, water and air, and are formed through the physical and chemical activities
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