Geryville Materials wants to built one of the biggest quarries in PA but it does not conform with Lower Milford Township's Zoning Ordinances. It has embarked on a complex, multiyear legal challenge to invalidate our ordinances. It claims our ordince is illegal and has filed a Curative Amendment to chance the ordinance to permit their destruction of West Mill Hill. It has been denied. The filed a landuse plan with the Planning Commission but it was not accepted. It filed an application to operate a quarry with DEP. It has been deferred until zoning issues are resolved. It has filed multi applications with the Zoning Board for a conditional use to operate a quarry. Two of these are still being heard by the Zoning Board.
This legal wrangling has gone on since 2004. This section explains some of the legalities and summarizes the progress of the legal attempt to destroy Lower Milford Township
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The Zoning Board Hearings regarding the application to build a quarry at West Mill Hil has been postponed until there is a resolution of the appeal of the Commonwealth Court of the Planning Commision decision. The Township has appealed the decision and LMRA has joined in the appeal. Since the decision has a important influence on how both parties will proceed, it was agreed to wait to see what the outcome will be before proceeding.
The challenge to the Township from Geryville Materials is based on many legal niceties. To understand the legal aspects, one needs to understand the legal basis. This section defines legal terms and provides the boundaries that are being questioned by Geryville Materials.
The issue is pretty clear. What is the balance that a Township & its residents be forced to accept between the economic interest of developers (and in a way, the state) and environment and quality of life that is so important to the residents and the viability of the Township?
Landowner curative amendment:
Municipal curative amendment
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