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Township supervisors vote down
rural to residential rezoning
The Gerald Keller farm on Lexington Road will
stay as a farm - forastort time, at least. Kellerwas
denied a petition to rezone the farm from rural to
Residential R-2 by the Warwick Township Super­visors
last week.
Neighbors did not want to see the farm deve­loped.
Keller said he needs to sell the farm
because of his health, and that it is already par­tially
zoned R-2.
by Kathleen King
A Warwick Township
farmer whose rezoning peti­tion
was denied by the town­ship
supervisors last Wed­nesday
said this week that he
was not surprised by the
decision.
Gerald Keller, 306 E.
L exington Road, had
requested that 35 acres of his
48-acre farm be rezoned
from rural to Residential
R-2. The remaining acreage
was zoned R-2 before Keller
bought the farm over two
years ago.
He supervisors denied the
petition at their July 13
meeting after a 45-minute
hearing attended by over 50
residents, many of whom
vehemently opposed the
rezoning.
Although the supervisors
denied the rezoning, Keller
said in a telephone conversa­tion
Monday that residents
are under a false impression
the land will not be
developed.
“I still plan to sell the land
due to my health,” the
3 0 - y e a r - o l d f a rm e r
explained. “Just because it’s
zoned rural, doesn’t mean it
won’t be developed,” he
said.
Keller said the difference
between the number of
houses that could be built on
the 48-acres if it were zoned
R-2, instead of rural, is only
seven or eight.
“Rural zoning is decep­tive.
It doesn’t save farm­land;
in fact, it’s an enemy of
farmland because it allows
one house per acre.”
Keller said he doesn’t
want to see the land deve­loped,
and he was not unhap­py
with the decision. He said
he has no choice but to sell it,
due to his health. He also
doesn’t think another farmer
will buy it because it is so
small.
Its proximity to Lexing­ton
and Brunnerville also
makes it a disadvantage as a
farm, he said.
“I rent land owned by two
elderly widows. Once that
land is sold and developed,
this farm will be too small to
grow enough grain.”
His hog and chicken oper­ations
are what make his
fa rm p r o f it a b l e , he
explained. But it is those
very practices that cause his
neighbors to call and com­plain
to township officials.
“In the spring a neighbor
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School readies classrooms,
continues staff changes
by Becky Collins
Warwick school superin­tendent
Dr. John R. B onfield
told members of the board of
education Tuesday night
that work is progressing well
on the several building and
renovation projects now
underway in the district.
“There’s an awful lot
eoing on around the dis-u
.V Bonfield told the
school directors. “All the
schools are now in the pro­cess
of being painted and
cleaned.”
He mentioned the com­plete
renovation at John
Beck Elementary, noting
that members would not rec­ognize
the interior of the
school building at this point.
“The Kissel Hill project is
now under roof, and we
expect the top floor of the
addition to be ready for
school opening. The lower
floor will be ready, hopeful­ly,
by Oct. 18,” Bonfield
said.
“We are pleased with all
that’s going on and will be
especially pleased when the
work is all completed,” he
added.
Growth Study
Bonfield also told the
board that he has received
numerous telephone calls
and letters reflecting a posi­tive
response to a suggested
moratorium on growth in the
school district.
“As it stands now, I
believe that each body will
identify two or three mem­bers
to for an action commit­tee,”
Bonfield explained.
He thanked Lititz Bor­ough
Council for their quick
response to the call for con-
Community Festival Saturday
in Lititz Springs Park
Lititz hair stylists are pre­paring
to sponsor a return
engagement of the success­ful
1987 summer communi­ty
festival. This year’s event
will be held Saturday, July
23, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in
Lititz Springs Park.
Last August, the festival
netted $2,300 for the new
Lititz Rec Center. This year,
proceeds will be given to the
Lititz Fire Company for
purchase of a new rescue
pumper, which will replace
two existing engines,
according to Fire Chief Joe
Texter.
Featured as part of Satur­day’s
activities will be a
repeat of the popular cut-a-thon,
with stylists from 10
Lititz salons offering hair
cuts for a donation of $7.
Cut-a-thon participants
will be eligible to enter their
names for the grand prize of
a family membership to the
Lititz Rec Center as well as
other prizes.
The cut-a-thon is sche­duled
to begin at noon and
end at 4 p.m.
Bonnie Webb, co-chairman
with Francine
McKinney of the event,
recalled this week that the
group of hair stylists who
worked on last year’s festi­val
had promised them­selves
to continue the event
annually if the first one was a
success, with proceeds
going to a different com­munity
project each year.
“It’s a way to give some­thing
back to the communi-
This clown is serious about the community festival to be held in Lititz
Springs Park Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. for the benefit of the Lititz Fire
Company. Who’s behind the mask? Fire company auxiliary member Katrina
Ulrich.
ty,” said Ms. Webb, empha­sizing
that without the
enthusiastic involvement of
community groups and indi­viduals,
the festival would
not be possible.
Sponsors decided to
donate this year’s proceeds
to the local fire company to
help fund the new pumper
because, as Ms. Webb com­mented:
“When you see
smoke, who do you call
first?”
Local organizations parti­cipating
in the 1988 com­munity
festival include:
Lititz Jaycees, food conces­sion
and funnel cake stand;
Lititz Women of Today, ice
cream stand; Lititz Lions
and Lioness clubs, general
volunteer help; Lititz
Woman’s Club, bingo; vol­unteers
from the Lititz Rec
Center; and the Lititz Fire
Company and auxiliary,
general volunteer help.
For the second year, Dr.
Jere B. Eshelman, Lititz
dentist, has offered to con­duct
a pig roast during the
festival. Also available will
be the famous Fink’s French
Inside
Today’s
Record
Business
Church
Classified
Editorial
Manheim
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11
13, 14,15
4
22
Out of the Past 23
Social 10
Sports section 6,7,8
Marketplace
journey
S a lem U n ite d
Methodist Church in
Manheim will be hold­ing
a different kind of
Vacation Bible School
this week. “Market­place
29 A.D.,” prom­ises
to be a unique fam­ily
experience as visi­tors
journey through a
re-creation of a Hebrew
market. Details on
page 11.
H h
In the news
•Lititz Borough Zon­ing
Board has said “no”
to a residential swim­ming
pool. The story is
on page 20.
•Lititz Borough’s
new zoning officer con­siders
his job an “arm of
borough council.” His
story is on page 24.
•Warwick Township
has o rd e red two
businesses to cease
and desist. Details on
page 17.
Boro comprehensive plan calls for
improved traffic, more open space
trolled growth in the district,
noting, “This is a crucial
point.” “(Growth) can get
away from us, and before
long we won’t even recog­nize
the community if it goes
unchecked.”
Personnel
The board of directors
accepted the resignations of
two teachers, approved four
new full-time teachers for
the 1988-89 school year and
changed the status of three
part-time teachers.
Approved new full-time
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Fries and a melon wagon run
by Stauffers of Kissel Hill.
Bob’s Save-Rite is donating
advertising.
In addition to carnival
games manned by volun­teers,
the midway will
include a moonwalk, sketch
artist Drew Willard, pony
rides offered by members of
Manheim’s 4-H Boots and
Saddles Club, and fire
engine rides.
Members of the Lititz Fire
Company will set up the lad­der
truck in the VFW park-
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by Kathleen King
The new comprehensive
plan for Lititz borough was
unveiled Tuesday night in a
joint meeting between the
Lititz Planning Commission
and the Lititz Borough
Council.
The plan, which has been
under preparation nearly
two years, will serve as the
official policy guide for
directing the location, type,
and extent of future develop­ment
in the borough.
As the introduction states,
the plan “establishes the
basis for Lititz Borough’s
decision-making process on
zoning matters, land use
functions, location of hous­ing
based on need, and loca­tion
of public buildings,
facilities and activities.”
The 42-page document, in
a final draft format, is
divided into several parts: an
introduction, background
material, the comprehensive
plan, and implementation.
The introduction and
background material give an
extensive overview of the
planning process and an
analysis of the population,
growth, characteristics,
existing land use, utilities,
housing, community facili­ties,
schools, and historic
resources.
Building on that back-
Five injured
in fiery crash
Five area residents are in
serious to critical condition
at Lancaster General Hospi­tal
following a fiery two-car
crash just after midnight
Tuesday morning on Doe
Run R o a d in P en n
Township.
Anthony Mumma, 18, of
Manheim R3, is listed in
critical condition in the trau-ma
neurological unit,
according to a hospital
spokesperson. Listed in seri­ous
condition are James
Hess, 17, of 606 West Ave.,
and Scott Bower, 17, of 500
Water St., both of Lititz. All
three were passengers in one
of the cars.
Edward Mumma, 21, of
116-A S. Main St., Man­heim,
one of the drivers, is
listed in serious condition in
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Population growth trends in Lititz
Year
Number Percent
Population Change Change
1900 1,637 143 1910 9.6 2,082 445 27.2 1920 3,680 1,598 76.8 1930 4,368 688 18.7 1940 4,840 472 10.8 1950 5,568 728 15.0 1960 5,987 419 7.5 1970 7,072 1,085 18.1 1980 7,590 518 7.3 1987 9,276 1,686 22.2
Source: Lititz Borough Comprehensive Plan, final drafi, July 6, 1988.
ground, the comprehensive
plan then makes specific
suggestions “to relate,
balance, and harmonize the
economic, social, and physi­cal
fu n c tio n s o f the
community.”
It essentially serves as a
“composite policy guide,
embodying long-term deve­lopment
recommendation.”
The implementation gives
specific suggestions for car­rying
out the recommenda­tions
in the plan.
In their discussion of the
proposed plan, it was appa­rent
that council and the
planning commission have
s e v e r a l a r e a s o f
disagreement.
Council thought more
open space and parkland
should be included in the
com p reh en siv e p la n ’s
suggestions.
Council disagreed with
the planning commission
over a suggestion for a
north-south collector route
between Arrowhead Drive
and the Warwick school
campus.
The planning commission
will do some additional revi­sion
at council’s suggestion
before a public hearing is
held on the plan, which
council may adopt in whole,
in part or revise as it desires.
Transportation
Transportation and traff­ic,
a key issue in the com­prehensive
plan, was the
matter most controversial at
Tuesday’s meeting.
Among the suggestions in
the final draft of the com­prehensive
plan for impro­ving
traffic in the borough
are to:
•Provide a new collector
street (collector streets carry
traffic from minor streets to
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Police cite contractor
for burning violation
i /
Firefighters from the Lititz Fire Co., extin­guished
this materials blaze at Quail Ridge at
noon Friday, July 15.
Lititz Retailers’ Present
Charles Enck, the build­ing
contractor at Quail
Ridge development, was
cited Friday, July 15, for
igniting a pile of discarded
building materials despite a
burning band ordered
against the development by
Lititz Fire Chief Joe Texter.
According to Warwick
Township Police Chief Har­ry
Aichele, the ban was
issued after numerous com­plaints
by neighbors and
verification by the police
department and fire com­pany
of unattended fires in
the development area.
“The contractor had been
in violation of the town­ship’s
burning ordinance by
leaving the fires to bum
unattended,” Aichele said.
“He also had a rather large
pile burning very close to
one of the units under con­struction
when the ban was
issued.”
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