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WAYNESBORO, Pa. — Properties on Old Route 16 were rezoned Monday by the Washington Township (Pa.) Supervisors as they sought to create more consistent zoning behind "the point" where Rita's Italian Ice was.
About 20 properties on Old Route 16 and one on Mentzer Lane were involved. The rezoning affected those that previously had been classified as R1, or low-density residential.
"It'll make the area more compliant and consistent with the rest of Old Route 16," Township Planner Vernon Ashway said.
Zoning on the road essentially switched a few times as people traveled east to Pen Mar Road, he said.
Zoning affects what uses are allowed on a property, as well as items such as building setback.
Two land owners spoke in favor of the plan at Monday's township supervisors meeting. Notices of the potential rezoning were posted on the properties.
"It would make all these properties in a conforming use," said Curtis Mummert, who owns several of the lots.
Supervisors Elaine Gladhill, Barbara McCraken, Chad Reichard and Charlie Strausbaugh voted in favor of the proposal. Supervisors Chairman C. Stewart McCleaf was absent.
In other business, the supervisors accepted a letter of resignation from Washington Township Police Department Officer Matthew Schmidt effective Sept. 28. He has been with the department for about 10 years, and requested to stay on for a limited, part-time basis.
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