The commission on Nov. 4 declined to recommend DiSabatino Landscaping’s preliminary/final plan for 1036–1032 Wilmington Pike, citing unresolved stormwater calculations and reliance on holding tanks while PennDOT, DEP and county reviews are pending; the item will be revisited Nov. 18.

The board granted the PRVCA Training Center a 90‑day extension to satisfy plan conditions through Feb. 6, 2027, but directed that no building permit be issued before the plan is recorded and required appropriate financial security.

Staff presented a city‑wide Land Development Code maintenance package to comply with recent North Carolina session laws; commissioners recommended approval of the package but voted to remove the family‑childcare hours provision for further study after providers and commissioners debated whether to allow 24‑hour operation.

The board approved a final lot consolidation and land-development plan for the Highlands East data-center project with 17 conditions, and separately granted the standard preliminary-plan waiver. Commissioners said the conditions — developer's agreement, state permits, post-occupancy noise and vibration studies and additional screening — are intended to protect residents while keeping the township within state planning law.

The court voted to defer platting authority for a 1.22-acre portion of the Field Of Dreams subdivision — an 11.213-acre, 11-lot development that straddles Anderson and Henderson counties — to Anderson County and authorized staff to send a transmittal letter to the developer.

Running Lane, LLC's plan for a 4‑story, 90‑room hotel with a pool on Route 611 has been extended multiple times; the draft Resolution 2026-33 in the packet would grant further time to satisfy conditions but leaves the new extension period blank.

Trap Enterprises and related parties requested a 365‑day extension to satisfy outstanding conditions on the revised Route 611 hotel/retail land-development plan (LDP 1449), which the packet describes as a 110‑room hotel and a 7,200‑square‑foot two‑story retail building; the proposed resolution in the packet leaves the extension duration blank for insertion at adoption.

LVPC representatives told Northampton County council they perform mandated development and ordinance reviews for 38 municipalities, support the Route 22 corridor work and leverage federal and state grants; they asked for continued county contribution to unlock large infrastructure funding.

The commission approved a Land Development Code amendment adopting revised species-assessment guides and ITP Condition G for Key Deer, approved variances for a Key Largo public-art sculpture, denied a motion for reconsideration of an earlier variance, approved minutes, and opened a Publix alcohol-use application with no public comment recorded.

The Levy County Planning Commission voted to recommend a text amendment allowing site-specific yard-trash and class B biosolids recycling as a special exception, adding locational and design limits including ARR zoning, minimum parcel criteria, setbacks and regulatory oversight.

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After debate over procurement, transparency and fiscal risk, the board approved a resolution creating a Strategic Investment Land Development Fund to reinvest proceeds from county land assets into development, improvements and community projects; commissioners raised concerns about perception and sourcing of funds.

Commission discussed staff redlines to the Land Development Regulations that would create a sliding scale for the 2‑for‑1 housing bonus favoring deed‑restricted affordability, limit where the bonus applies, add third‑story stepback rules and count habitable basements toward building size; staff will refine AMI categories before final adoption.

The Planning Board voted to adopt updates to the town's subdivision and land development regulations required by 2026 state legislation and sent the amendments to the Town Council for ratification. Planner Ron Humansky said most changes are ministerial clarifications and already in effect on passage of the state bills.

Staff presented a multi‑part package of LDR amendments to change the 2‑for‑1 workforce bonus to a sliding scale favoring deed‑restricted affordable units, limit third‑story visibility downtown, count habitable basements in building size, and restrict where the bonus is allowed; commissioners asked for clearer definitions and monitoring.

After an extended staff presentation and council debate on water use, noise, setbacks and national‑security concerns, the Gilbert Town Council continued a proposed land‑development code amendment on data centers to Dec. 15 to allow more stakeholder outreach and technical review.

The commission recommended forwarding CU-5-26 — Meijer's M Express gas station tied to a proposed 159,000-sq-ft Meijer supercenter — to borough council, while advising that PennDOT review, landscaping, and other land-development details be completed.

After a study session on noise, air and water impacts, the Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners signaled support for directing staff to draft land‑development code changes to allow or permit data centers and return with regulatory standards and a public‑input plan.

The Lake County Planning Commission voted to recommend land development code amendments to the Board of County Commissioners that would reorganize lodging categories, raise minimum site sizes for some backcountry uses, and clarify standards for events, sanitation and emergency planning.

Swatara Township planning staff recommended and the commission voted to forward the US Highlands East land development plan to the Board of Commissioners with 14 conditions, while residents urged further protections for wells, property values and noise monitoring.

The commission approved a first-reading ordinance to amend the land development code so that plats and related items preempted by state law are handled administratively by staff, a change commissioners criticized as state erosion of local control.

Staff presented Ordinance 26-16 to amend the land-development manual with watershed-based special protections: 25-acre disturbance caps, 40% water-quality buffers and strengthened erosion controls. Public commenters debated watershed scope and engineering justification.