Donegal planners have been active
On Sept. 9, the article “Donegal sued over zoning ordinances” contained some errors about the Donegal Township planning commission. We would like to correct those errors.
The quote by solicitor Gary Sweat contains the errors and is as follows: “The planning commission in Donegal has historically not been active because they don’t have ordinances for it, so they’ve had a difficult time filling positions and arriving at quorum when the planning commission does meet. (Zoning) is such an undertaking, the supervisors opted to include themselves as they invited the planning commission members to participate.”
The planning commission has been active and met monthly for many years. We use the Code of the Township of Donegal and, more specifically, the Subdivision and Land Use Ordinance within that. There has been a quorum at the meetings for years. The supervisors created and appointed themselves to a planning committee separate from the planning commission.
These things can all be verified in the monthly meeting notes of the Donegal Township planning commission. We feel that the public, and, more specifically, the residents of Donegal Township, should know that the planning commission has been functioning properly in dealing with the land use issues within the township.
Jeri Zwicker
Keith Small
Mike Curtis
Tony Pasquerillo
Lee Rodgers
Donegal Township
Zwicker, Small, Curtis, Pasquerillo and Rodgers are members of the Donegal Township Planning Commission.