1 TOWN OF CARLISLE PLANNING BOARD LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
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This legislation amends Pennsylvania's Second Class Township Code to establish and clarify tax levy authorities for second-class townships. The amendments modify Section 3205 regarding township and special tax levies, allowing township boards of supervisors to levy taxes on real property for various purposes, including general township operations (up to fourteen mills, potentially increased to nineteen mills by court petition), highway lighting (five mills), public buildings (fifty percent of general tax rate), fire protection (three mills with provisions for employee compensation), fire hydrants (two mills), parks and recreation, and debt service. The act was passed on December 1, 2004, as House Bill 250 and represents updates to taxation authority originally established in 1933.
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On December 14, 2023, Carlisle Borough Council adopted an ordinance rezoning the former Frog, Switch & Manufacturing Company tract from General Industrial (I-1) to Urban Mixed Use (UM) zoning, with 85% community support shown in a public survey. The rezoning was accompanied by an approved resolution to update the Borough's Comprehensive Plan to reflect the mixed-use land use designation, which allows for residential, non-residential, and open space uses. Borough Council has also been implementing additional land use reform recommendations from a subcommittee, including reviews of parking requirements for dwellings and expanded shared parking provisions.
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The Borough of Carlisle enacted an ordinance establishing a new Human Relations Chapter (Chapter 83) to the Borough Code. The ordinance declares it public policy to ensure equal opportunities and treatment for all persons in employment, housing, commercial property, and public accommodations, regardless of race, color, religion, ancestry, sex, national origin, handicap, use of guide or support animals, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. The ordinance is framed as an exercise of the Borough's police power to protect public welfare and explicitly states it does not endorse any particular doctrine or religious belief, but rather guarantees fair and equal treatment under law.
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