Meetings
Scheduled for Discussion of New Zoning and
the Community of Liberty
Several issues
that could affect zoning and the plans for
the proposed Community of Liberty near
Fairfield in southern Adams County, Pa.,
will be discussed in Liberty Township public
meetings this month. The Community of
Liberty is a 1,140-home planned residential
development (PRD) that has caused citizen
concern and garnered media attention
throughout the region on the central
Pennsylvania/Maryland border.
On Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m., large attendance is
expected at the township supervisors’
meeting, which will be held at the township
offices at 39 Topper Rd., Fairfield, Pa. The
Wormald Company of Frederick, Md., developer
of the Community of Liberty, submitted a
second plan to the township on Monday, Sept.
29, which may deal with part of the original
proposed development. Four of last month’s
scheduled public hearing dates on the PRD
were canceled, at the request of the
developer, after the attorney for a local
citizens’ group questioned whether the
Wormald Company owned all of the land
included in the original plan.
It is possible, but not confirmed, that
representatives of the Wormald Company may
be present at the Oct. 7 meeting. The
supervisors have not permitted residents to
see the new plan, which may not be available
to the public until after this meeting.
On Oct. 7, citizens may also discuss ways
the township can plan development more
responsibly in the future. They may ask the
supervisors to adopt the proposed new zoning
ordinance that the Liberty Township Planning
Commission approved at its September
meeting.
On Oct. 14 at 6:30 p.m., the public hearing
on the Community of Liberty planned
residential development will be resumed. The
meeting will be held at the Fairfield Fire
Hall, 108 Steelman St., Fairfield.
On Oct. 21, township supervisors will hold a
public hearing to listen to comments on the
proposed new zoning ordinance. The meeting
will follow the regular Liberty Township
Planning Commission meeting at 7:30 p.m. in
the township offices at 39 Topper Rd.,
Fairfield. The planning commission will then
formally submit the draft of the new
ordinance to the board of supervisors.
The draft of the new ordinance may be
reviewed after Oct. 7 at the township
offices, 39 Topper Rd., Fairfield, Pa., or
at the Law Library at the Adams County
Courthouse in Gettysburg.
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