Several variations of a petition to remove all areas outside of the townsite from land-use permitting requirements for site development are being circulated with more than 50 signatures.
The originators of the petitions are anonymous.
Last Tuesday, the assembly advanced an ordinance requiring the permit borough-wide to its second hearing after no public pushback.
Under its new definition, site development means “any clearing, grubbing, grading, and filling earthwork activity which exceeds 100 cubic yards or…