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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 26 Pages-No. 16
Supervisors Go Ahead With Appeal
Supervisors Issue Ultimatum To HDC:
Accept ZHB Decision Or Face Appeal
The Warwick Township Board of Supervisors has ap­pealed
to the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court the
decision handed down by Judge Michael J . Perezous from
the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas which
overturned the Warwick Township Zoning Hearing
Board’s (ZHB) refusal to grant a special exception to the
Housing Development Corporation (HDC) for the con­struction
of 15 subsidized apartment units in the
Rothsville School, William Crosswell, solicitor for the
township supervisors, said late Tuesday.
According to Crosswell, the appeal was made this week
because of the 30 day time limit imposed on the township
in which the appeal had to be made. Noting that the
decision handed down by Perezous was stamped by the
prothonotary on June 14, Crosswell said the 30 days would
have expired Wednesday (yesterday) and in order to
protect the township’s interest, the supervisors decided to
file the appeal at this time. (The board had said last week
that it would appeal only if HDC did not accept in toto the
additional conditions placed by the township on the
special exception. )
Mary Beth Gibbel
Haddad.
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is crowned Queen of Candles by last year's queen, Kathy
(Photos by Jennifer Shenk)
The Warwick Township
Supervisors voted Thursday
night to instruct their
solicitor to attempt to obtain
from HDC an agreement in
writing that the corporation
would accept in toto the July
7 decision of the township
zoning hearing board. In his
motion Thursday night,
Mary Beth Gibbel Is Crowned Queen
Candle Pageant Lights
Up Saturday In The Park
Over three thousand peo­ple
enjoyed the ram-delayed
Fourth of July festivities in
the Lititz Springs Park
Saturday night.
Members of the park
board were happy with the
turn-out Saturday night,
following last Saturday’s
disappointing deluge.
“We were pleasetf with the
response that we had
Saturday night considering
we were rained out last
weekend,” Park Board
treasurer Glenn Nelson said
this week. "We really ap­preciate
the support we had
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from everybody who at­tended.”
The ev en in g was
highlighted by the crowning
of the 1982 Queen of Candles.
Queen of Candles
For the first time in the
history of the pageant, the
daughter of a former Queen
was chosen Queen of Can­dles.
Mary Beth Gibbel,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Gibbel, 11 E. Third
Ave., was crowned 1982
Queen of Candles Saturday
night by outgoing queen
Kathy Haddad.
Twenty-six years earlier
her mother, the former Joan
Reist, was chosen the 1954
Queen of Candles.
Mary Beth, who wore a
pink, mid-calf length gown,
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r Todd Matthew Kreider, 6, and Holly Elizabeth Grosh, 6, served as crown
bearer and flower girl for Saturday night’s pageant.
In This Issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 5,6,7
Classified 14,15
Social 10,11
Church 22
Business Directory 24
board chairman Steve
Wallace said that if HDC
refuses to comply with the
supervisors’ request for a
written agreement, “we will
instruct our solicitor to
appeal the decision handed
down by Judge Perezous.”
The motion p a s sed
unanimously.
Zoning Board Decision
The decision that the
supervisors are asking HDC
to agree not to appeal was
presented by the Warwick
Township Zoning Hearing
Board last Wednesday, July
7. In its decision, the board
granted HDC a special
exception to convert the
former Rothsville School
into 15 subsidized housing
units, but attached several
conditions to the approval.
The board had originally
denied HDC’s request on
May 13,1981, after months of
public hearings, The board’s
decision was reversed last
month in Lancaster County
Court following an appeal by
HDC.
Judge Michael J . Perezous
remanded the case to the
ZHB to determine if HDC
would accept the special
exception upon the terms set
forth in the court’s order,
and to set forth means and
methods of monitoring those
conditions.
At a hearing on June 30,
HDC accepted the special
exception use referred to in
the court order and with­drew
its application for a
special exception to convert
the building into 12 apart­ment
units.
Last Wednesday, the ZHB
acknowledged this and*
entered the following
decision.
“HDC accepted the special
exception use set forth in the
Court Order of June 11, 1982,
upon the conditions therein
described. 1
“At no time shall the total
number of inhabitants of the
apartment complex exceed
56 persons.
“At no time shall HDC
pump from its well more
than 4,200 gallons of water
per day.
“HDC’s tract of land of
6.27 acres shall not be
subdivided and no other
principal buildings shall be
erected thereon....
“HDC will install a water
storage tank of at least 5,000
gallons to prevent excess
pumping during peak hours
of water usage.
“In the event additional
water is required to satisfy
the needs of the inhabitants
of the apartment units, the
same shall be furnished by
HDC from off-site sources at
no cost to the tenants. ”
The board’s decision also
stipulated that:
The individual apartment
units not be equipped with
dishwashers or washing
machines and that they
should be equipped with
shallow toilets and restricted
faucet and shower heads.
• Not more than two
washing machines would be
permitted for common use.
• HDC must furnish the
township with a quarterly
sworn statement reflecting
the monthly occupancy and
permit inspection to verify
occupancy.
• HDC must purchase at
its own cost from the War­wick
Township Municipal
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West Second Avenue
To Be Closed For Month
West Second Avenue will be closed late this week for
approximately one month, according to David An­derson,
Director of Public Services. The streets are
being closed for the purpose of widening the street and
installing curbing and storm drainage, Anderson said,
in accordance with the contract Borough Council has
with Martin Paving Inc.
A detour for Woodcrest Avenue, Sutter Avenue and
West Marion Street will be put into effect.
The above antiques are typical of just some of the variety of items that will be
for sale at the Rotary Antiques Show this Saturday on the sidewalks of Lititz.
8 0 D ealers Expected S aturday
Rotaiy Sidewalk Antique Show
Benefits Students' College Fund
All proceeds from the first
Lititz Sidewalk Antique
Show, featuring more than
80 antique dealers, will be
added to a students’ college
aid fund, maintained by the
Lititz Rotary Club.
This first show will be held
Saturday on the sidewalks in
the center of the borough and
promises something entirely
new in the display of a wide
variety of antiques and
collectibles. More than 80
dealers from six states - 32
towns and cities - have
reserved curb spaces ac­cording
to the Lititz Rotary
Club, sponsors of the
sidewalk show.
The curbs throughout
Lititz business section will
be lines with a variety of
collectibles in a wide range
of values. The show will run
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Such
items as baskets, bottles,
stoneware, kitchen gadgets,
dishes, military, toys,
carnival glass, quilts, tin­ware,
trains, clocks and rugs
will be available.
The students’ college aid
fund which will benefit from
the show proceeds has been
maintained by the Lititz
Rotary Club for many years,
but in recent years the fund
has required increasingly
larger sums to continue.
LITITZ RED TAG DAYS
ThisThurs., Fri., Sat.
JULY 1 5 ,1 6 ,1 7
Members of court look on as former queen Kathy Haddad
congratulates reigning Queen of Candles Mary Beth Gibbel
(center). From left to right are Laurie Lynn, Lisa Hilton,
crownbearer Todd Kreider, Kathy Haddad, Mary Beth Gibbel,
flower girl Holly Grosh, Dana Zimmerman and Melissa Maddox.
3 BIG DAYS
OF TOWN­WIDE
SAVINGS!
* 2 HOUR FREE
PARKING
THURS. & FRI.
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ISSUE FOR
ALL THE
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