(Publisher’s note: For those township residents wishing to register to vote, Lima Township Hall will be open Saturday, Nov. 2 and Sunday, Nov. 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
By Lisa Carolin
Because of a family emergency, Lima Township’s clerk is temporarily unavailable and the state will allow residents who want to register to vote to go to Scio Township to do so.
That information was announced by Lima Township Supervisor Craig Maier at the Lima Township Planning Commission meeting Oct. 28.
During the meeting, a public hearing was held regarding the rezoning of 30 acres of property located at 8925 Jackson Road from Mobile Home Park zoning to R1A, single family home zoning.
Following the public hearing, the planning commission approved the rezoning application (Marlene Consiglio, Kenneth Prielipp absent).
The petition for the rezoning request was submitted by Jim and Phyllis Howell, who would like to build a home for themselves; However, the possibility exists that the property could be divided up for additional single-family homes.
During the public hearing, neighbors from the adjacent subdivision Thornton Farms spoke out in support of the rezoning request.
Paul Montagno, a planner from Carlisle/Wortman Associates, Inc. advised the planning commission that there isn’t much of a market for mobile home parks anymore and changing to single-family home zoning makes sense. He described the property as 30 acres that includes woodlands, wetlands, and Mill Creek.
In other action, the planning commission approved a motion for Montagno to send a letter to surrounding municipalities to tell them that Lima Township intends to update its master plan.
The impetus for the update is the proposed Wolf Land Development, which will tentatively come before the planning commission again in November.
The developer is proposing two medical buildings, 40 attached ranch homes, 76 single family residential homes, and 76 two-story town homes on Freer Road, north of Old US 12, and just south of Chelsea High School.
The proposed development has raised density issues as well as traffic concerns.
