Public Hearing- New SALDO
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND INTENT TO ENACT
GRATZ BOROUGH SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Borough Council of Gratz Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, will hold a public hearing on Thursday, November 19, 2026, at 6:00 P.M. at the Gratz Borough Municipal Building, 125 North Center Street, Gratz, Pennsylvania 17030, to receive public comment concerning a proposed comprehensive Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance (“SALDO”). Immediately following the public hearing, Borough Council will convene a special meeting at the same location and may consider enactment of the proposed Ordinance.
The proposed Ordinance repeals and replaces the Borough’s Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance of May 7, 1975, as amended, and establishes updated regulations governing the subdivision and development of land within Gratz Borough. In summary, the proposed Ordinance: (1) states authority, objectives, applicability, interpretation, modification, administration, enforcement, penalty, amendment, appeal, repeal and severability provisions; (2) establishes and updates definitions, including major and minor subdivisions and land developments, with a Minor Subdivision generally limited to not more than four (4) lots and subject to stated infrastructure and cumulative-development limitations; (3) establishes application, submission, distribution, county-review, hearing, decision, recording and phasing procedures, including digital submissions and required paper copies; (4) establishes preliminary-plan, final-plan and minor-plan submission and review requirements; (5) establishes requirements for installation or financial security for required improvements, maintenance security, inspection, release of security, remedies and reimbursement of reasonable and necessary professional review and inspection fees; (6) establishes design and improvement standards addressing site suitability, blocks and lots, streets, intersections, sight distance, cul-de-sacs, bridges and stream crossings, sidewalks, curbs and gutters, driveway entrances, erosion and sedimentation control, water supply, sanitary sewer facilities, stormwater management and utilities; (7) establishes standards for nonresidential development and additional cumulative and project-wide review requirements for large-scale nonresidential development involving twenty-five (25) acres or more and developments of regional significance and impact, including impact analysis, utility and interconnection information, phasing and related professional review; (8) identifies referenced design standards and a schedule of required improvements; and (9) establishes filing-fee, escrow, professional-review and inspection-fee provisions, with fee amounts established or supplemented by Borough Council resolution as authorized by law.
A complete copy of the proposed Ordinance may be examined without charge at the Gratz Borough Municipal Building, 125 North Center Street, Gratz, Pennsylvania 17030, during Borough office hours or by appointment, and a copy may be obtained for a charge not greater than the cost of reproduction.
GRATZ BOROUGH COUNCIL
Sean W. Logsdon, Esquire
Gratz Borough Solicitor
85 Drasher Road
Drums, PA 18222