Codified Ordinances Section 189

The York City Planning Commission is a volunteer board of seven city residents, appointed by the Mayor with the consent of City Council, for individual terms of four years. The Planning Commission serves as one of a number of interrelated boards, city agencies, and city authorities with interlocking responsibilities to guide land use and development in the City. These groups include the York City Planning Department, the Zoning Hearing Board, The Redevelopment Authority, and the Historical Architectural Review Board, each with key roles in both long-range planning and in the day-to-day administration of planning and land use policy.

The primary long-range responsibilities on the Planning Commission include the development of a Strategic Comprehensive Plan, intended to guide the growth and development of the city in the years ahead, and the preparation of zoning and building code ordinances to implement regulations in support of the goals of the Strategic Comprehensive Plan. The City presently has such a Plan, projecting and guiding growth through the year 2015. In addition, the Planning Commission serves in an advisory capacity to the Zoning Hearing Board in its consideration of applications for zoning variances and special exceptions, and to the City Council in its consideration of applications for subdivision and land development. In this role, the Commission is guided by both the provisions of the Strategic Comprehensive Plan, and by the requirements of the City's Zoning Ordinance. Finally, the Commission is responsible to update the Strategic Comprehensive Plan at regular intervals and to prepare amendments to zoning and building code ordinances as needed to bring the Plan and the various ordinances into substantial alignment with one another.

Meetings:  For Planning Commission meeting dates and times, please contact Alex Hoffman, York City Planner, at 849-2264 or email: ahoffman@yorkcity.org.

Contact:  York City Planning - (717) 849-2256

Members

1. Michael Johnson, Chair., Term expires 1/1/11
2. H. Michael Buckingham, Vice Chair., Term expires 1/1/11
3. Jessica M. Fieldhouse, Term expires 1/1/12 (Filled unexpired term of Matthew Sommer)
4. Heather Klinefelter, Term expires 1/1/12
5. James E. Boyer, Term expires 1/1/14
6. Joseph J. Stein, Term expires 1/1/13
7. Jamie Smith, Term expires 1/1/14


Agendas:

January 2008
February 2008
March 2008
April 2008
May 2008
June 2008
July 2008
August 2008
September 2008
October 13, 2008 
November 10, 2008
December 8, 2008

January 12, 2009
February 9, 2009
March 9, 2009
April 13, 2009
May 11, 2009
June 8, 2009
July 13, 2009
August 10, 2009
September 14, 2009
October 12, 2009
November 9, 2009
December 14, 2009


No Meeting January 11, 2010
February 8, 2010
March 8, 2010

Minutes (posted once approved)

January 2008
February 2008
March 2008
April 2008
May 2008
June 2008
July 2008
August 2008
September 8, 2008
October 13, 2008
November 10, 2008
December 8, 2008
December 15, 2008 Zoning Rewrite Work Session


January 12, 2009 Regular Meeting and Zoning Rewrite Work Session 
January 26, 2009 Zoning Rewrite Work Session
February 9, 2009
March 9, 2009
March 23, 2009
April 13, 2009
May 11, 2009
June 8, 2009
June 29, 2009
July 13, 2009
July 20, 2009
August 10, 2009
September 14, 2009
October 12, 2009
November 9, 2009
December 14, 2009