Growing Together A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR CENTRAL LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA PREPARED FOR LANCASTER INTER-MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE PREPARED BY ACP–VISIONING & PLANNING, LTD. IN ASSOCIATION WITH THOMAS COMITTA ASSOCIATES, INC. APRIL 18, 2006 FINAL DRAFT … Participating municipalities may adapt the following resolution as appropriate for their own use: RESOLUTION (Name of Municipality) Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Resolution No. _____ A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE MULTIMUNICIPAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, TITLED “GROWING TOGETHER: A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR CENTRAL LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA”, WHICH WAS COOPERATIVELY DRAFTED PURSUANT TO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION PLANNING AGREEMENT; AND AUTHORIZING THE [APPROPRIATE OFFICERS OF THE MUNICIPALITY] TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPROPRIATE AGREEMENTS TO IMPLEMENT THE MULTIMUNICIPAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPALITIES PLANNING CODE, 53 P.S. §10101 ET SEQ, AND FOR CONSIDERATION BY [NAME OF MUNICIPALITY] IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION LAW, 53 PA.C.S.A., CHAPTER 23, SUBCHAPTER A. WHEREAS, (name of municipality) entered into an Intergovernmental Cooperation Planning Agreement to work cooperatively on a multimunicipal comprehensive plan for the eleven (11) Lancaster Inter-Municipal Committee municipalities set forth below; and WHEREAS, the multimunicipal comprehensive plan is titled Growing Together: A Comprehensive Plan for Central Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (“Growing Together Plan”); and WHEREAS, (name of municipality) was represented on the Steering Committee and participated in the preparation of the Growing Together Plan; and WHEREAS, the Steering Committee prepared the Growing Together Plan consistent with the existing comprehensive plans of the eleven (11) participating municipalities; and WHEREAS, a public meeting of the (name of municipality) Planning Commission was held on [INSERT DATE] and the (name of municipality) Planning Commission recommended the adoption of the Growing Together Plan; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 302(a) of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code copies of the Growing Together Plan have been provided to Lancaster County, all contiguous municipalities, all school districts within the area covered by the Growing Together Plan and contiguous school districts and the required forty five (45) day comment period has been provided; and WHEREAS, a public hearing of [the governing body of the municipality], pursuant to public notice, was held on [INSERT DATE] to discuss the Growing Together Plan; and WHEREAS, (name of municipality) desires to enter negotiations with the municipalities that have participated in the drafting of the Growing Together Plan and, to the extent appropriate, Lancaster County, to develop appropriate, mutually acceptable agreements to implement the Growing Together Plan. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the (name of governing body) of (name of municipality), Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, as follows: Section 1. The (name of governing body) hereby ratifies the Intergovernmental Cooperation Planning Agreement executed on (date), recognizing that only eleven (11) of the twelve (12) municipalities contemplated by the terms of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Planning Agreement approved and executed the Intergovernmental Cooperation Planning Agreement. The following municipalities entered into the Intergovernmental Cooperation Planning Agreement and worked cooperatively on the multimunicipal comprehensive plan: East Hempfield Township, East Lampeter Township, East Petersburg Borough, Lancaster City, Lancaster Township, Manheim Township, Manor Township, Millersville Borough, Mountville Borough, West Hempfield Township, and West Lampeter Township. Section 2. The (name of governing body) adopts the Growing Together Plan, and each component thereof, which components are identified upon the attached Exhibit A [as a free standing element of OR as] the Comprehensive Plan for (name of municipality), Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [IF GROWING TOGETHER PLAN IS ADOPTED AS THE ENTIRE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE MUNICIPALITY, PARAGRAPH 3 SHOULD BE DELETED.] Section 3. The Comprehensive Plan for (name of municipality) shall hereafter consist of the following document(s), including all maps, charts, textual matter, and other matters intended to form the whole or part of the plan: The multimunicipal plan titled Growing Together: A Comprehensive Plan for Central Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and dated 2005, including all components thereof identified in Section 2 above. (Name and date of existing municipal comprehensive plan if it is not replaced in its entirety by the Growing Together Plan, including Resolution number and adoption date.) (Names and dates of other existing planning documents, such as functional plans and official map, that are part of the comprehensive plan, including Resolution number and adoption date.) Section 4. The (name of municipality) Secretary shall record this action on the comprehensive plan as required by Section 302(c) of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code. Section 5. This Resolution shall take effect immediately without approval or adoption by any other participating municipality. Section 6. The appropriate officers and employees of the [municipality] are hereby authorized to enter into negotiations with the other participating municipalities and Lancaster County, as applicable, for the development of mutually acceptable agreements to implement the Growing Together Plan. Execution of any Implementation Agreement shall be subject to final approval of the Implementation Agreement by [municipality], in accordance with the provisions of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Law, 53 PA.C.S.A., Chapter 23, Subchapter A. DULY ADOPTED this ______ day of ____________, 200_, by the (name of governing body) of the (name of municipality), Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in lawful session duly assembled. (NAME OF MUNICIPALITY) Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Attest: ______________________________ By: ____________________________________ Acknowledgements Lancaster Inter- Carol Simpson, Manor Township County of Lancaster Municipal Committee Secretary-Treasurer John S. May Barry L. Smith Lancaster County Participating 2006 Edward C. Goodhart III* Commissioners Municipalities John S. May, Chair Bruce Ott* Dick Shellenberger, Chair East Hempfield Township Carol Simpson, Vice-Chair Howard “Pete” Shaub East Lampeter Township Leo S. Lutz, Millersville Borough Molly Henderson East Petersburg Borough Secretary-Treasurer Jack W. Gardner Lancaster City L.A. Ockey Lancaster County Lancaster Township Growing Together Carolyn E. Ranck* Planning Commission Manheim Township Steering Committee Ed Arnold* Members Manor Township Neil R. Kinsey, Chair Michael H. Morris** Charles E. Douts, Jr., Chair Millersville Borough Todd R. Weiss, Vice-Chair William E. Moyer** Virginia K. Brady, Mountville Borough Vice-Chair West Hempfield Township East Hempfield Township Mountville Borough Lois K. Herr, Secretary West Lampeter Township Neil R. Kinsey George Middleditch James Miller, Jr. George Marcinko Francis Zimmer Matthew Young Officers John Bingham* Brian Weitzel* Julianne Dickson The following individuals Ed LeFevre* Paul B. Chin* Nancy Halliwell served as LIMC officers from Jonathan L. Price inception to completion of the East Lampeter Township West Hempfield Township Dennis Groff Growing Together project: David Buckwalter Charles E. Douts, Jr. R. Lee Young Ronald K. Beam Staff 2001 J. Wilbur Sollenberger* Edward C. Fisher* James Cowhey, Neil R. Kinsey, Chair Ralph M. Hutchison* Frank R. Burkhart* Executive Director Roy E. Baldwin, Danny Whittle, Liaison to Vice-Chair East Petersburg Borough West Lampeter Township Growing Together John Shertzer, Francis C. Spangler John P. Lines Mary Frey, Liaison to Secretary-Treasurer Todd R. Weiss David W. Martin Growing Together James R. Williams* Ray D’Agostino* 2002 N. Thomas Huber* Randy Moyer* Funding John Shertzer, Chair Barry L. Hershey** Organizations Karl Ottolini, Vice-Chair Lancaster City County of Lancaster Julianne Dickson, Fred Ward Lancaster County Planning - Grant in support of Secretary-Treasurer Paula Jackson Commission Multimunicipal Planning Tim Roschel* Allan E. Granger 2003 Craig Lenhard* Danny Whittle Pennsylvania Department of Karl Ottolini, Chair Ted Robinson** James Cowhey* Community and Economic Julianne Dickson, Will Selman** Development Vice-Chair Lancaster Township - Land Use Planning and Susan Bernhardt, Robert R. Desmarais John R. Ahlfeld, Technical Assistance Secretary-Treasurer Lynn M. Stauffer Executive Director, LIMC Program Grant Edwina A. Coder* 2004 David L. Clouser* Legal Services Consultants Julianne Dickson, Chair William L. Adams** William C. McCarty and ACP Visioning & Planning, Susan Bernhardt, John A. Mateyak New York, NY Vice-Chair Manheim Township Hartman Underhill & John S. May, James R. Martin Brubaker LLP (donated Thomas Comitta Associates, Secretary-Treasurer Sean P. Molchany services) West Chester, PA Karen Melchionni* 2005 Harry E. Ritter* Susan Bernhardt, Chair Steven J. Geisenberger** John S. May, Vice-Chair *Alternate Steering Committee Members **Former Steering Committee Members Table of Contents Acknowledgements Table of Contents Lists of Maps, Figures, and Tables i 1. Introduction 1.1 2. Executive Summary 2.1 3. The Region 3.1 4. Public Process: An Overview 4.1 5. Goals and Objectives 5.1 6. Land Use 6.1 7. Housing 7.1 8. Transportation 8.1 9. Community