Summit Township opts not to appeal RV park | News

SUMMIT TOWNSHIP — Facing financial challenges so significant that a last-minute 50 percent increase in the township property tax rate was approved last month, members of the Summit Township Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted unanimously not to appeal a case in which a zoning variance allowing development of a recreational vehicle (RV) park was granted due to a bureaucratic oversight.

The vote came shortly after township attorney Brian Cagle was asked how much an appeal could cost.

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