The Pennsylvania Senate has approved a resolution introduced by Judy Schwank directing a comprehensive review of the state\u2019s Municipalities Planning Code.<\/p>\n
Senate Resolution 211, passed Tuesday by a 46-2 vote, tasks the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee with studying how the code is functioning and identifying potential updates. The Municipalities Planning Code, enacted in 1968, provides the framework for land use planning, zoning, subdivision, and development decisions across Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
Schwank said the study will examine how well the law is meeting the needs of modern communities.<\/p>\n
\u201cPennsylvania\u2019s communities have changed considerably in the nearly 60 years since we established the land use law that our communities are still relying on,\u201d Schwank said. \u201cThis study will give us an honest, independent look at how the code is performing and where the commonwealth can do better in supporting municipalities as they plan for growth, housing, and economic development. We need to modernize our municipal planning code to meet today\u2019s challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Berks County Planning Commission worked with Schwank on the effort and supported the resolution.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe approval of Senate Resolution 211 marks a pivotal opportunity to modernize the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code,\u201d said Ashley Showers, executive director of the Berks County Planning Commission. \u201cThe Planning Commission looks forward to this comprehensive review and the insight it will bring, as its findings will directly influence our daily work\u2014guiding how we support municipalities, review development proposals, and implement effective, forward-looking planning practices that better serve our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee, a bipartisan and bicameral agency, will conduct the study and provide recommendations based on its findings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pennsylvania Senate has approved a resolution introduced by Judy Schwank directing a comprehensive review of the state\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137899,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-173962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}