2012-07-09 Hopewell Township Zoning Ordinance Vote to Comply with Act 13 – Avella, PA

July 9, 2012 (Mon) – 7:00 pm
Hopewell Township Municipal Building
20 Parkview Rd, Avella PA 15312

Public Notice – Hopewell Township

The Hopewell Township Board of Supervisors for Hopewell Township shall consider for action Ordinance 2 of 2012. AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF HOPEWELL, WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AMENDING THE TOWNSHIP ZONING ORDINANCE IN ORDER TO BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE WITH ACT 13 OF 2012 BY: ADDING AND AMENDING DEFINITIONS; AMENDING THE USE TABLE TO LIST OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS, OTHER THAN IMPOUNDMENT AREAS, COMPRESSOR STATIONS AND PROCESSING PLANTS, AS A PERMITTED USE IN THE AGRICULTURAL, RESIDENTIAL, VILLAGE, BUSINESS, INDUSTRIAL-I AND INDUSTRIAL-II DISTRICTS; AMENDING THE USE TABLE TO LIST IMPOUNDMENT AREA AS A PERMITTED USE IN THE AGRICULTURAL, RESIDENTIAL, VILLAGE, BUSINESS, INDUSTRIAL-I AND INDUSTRIAL-II DISTRICTS; AMENDING THE USE TABLE TO LIST COMPRESSOR STATION AS A PERMITTED USE IN THE AGRICULTURAL, INDUSTRIAL-I AND INDUSTRIAL-II DISTRICTS AND AS A CONDITIONAL USE IN THE RESIDENTIAL, VILLAGE AND BUSINESS DISTRICTS; AMENDING THE USE TABLE TO LIST PROCESSING PLANT AS A PERMITTED USE IN THE INDUSTRIAL-I AND INDUSTRIAL-II DISTRICTS AND AS A CONDITIONAL USE IN THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT; ADDING A NEW SECTION 404 ENTITLED “OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS” PROVIDING FOR SETBACKS CONSISTENT WITH ACT 13; ADDING A NEW SUBSECTION TO SECTION 209 REQUIRING THAT AN APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE FOR OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS BE PROCESSED WITHIN 120 DAYS; AND ADDING NEW SUBSECTIONS TO SECTION 502 TO CLARIFY THAT A ZONING CERTIFICATE IS NOT REQUIRED FOR SUBTERRANEAN OPERATIONS AND WELL AND PIPELINE LOCATION ASSESSMENT OPERATIONS, AND TO REQUIRE THAT AN APPLICATION FOR A PERMITTED USE FOR OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS BE PROCESSED WITHIN 30 DAYS.

This ordinance will be consider for action at the July 9, 2012 Board of Supervisors meeting held at 7:00 PM in the Township Municipal Building, 20 Parkview Road, Avella. PA 15312. A copy of this Ordinance can be reviewed at the Washington County Law Library, Washington County Courthouse and the Observer Reporter Publishing Company, 122 South Main Street, Washington, Pa.

All interested parties are invited to review and comment on Ordinance 2 of 2012.