Planning Commission

The Nockamixon Township Planning Commission is responsible for reviewing permit applications for all building, development and Act 537 projects submitting for consideration.

The Planning Commission meets at 7:30 pm (8:00 pm in June, July, August & September) on the first Tuesday 
of the month. The deadline for submitting items into the Planning Commission Meeting Agenda is 3:00 pm Tuesday prior to a meeting, but the sooner, the better — the goal is to have township agendas available by Monday, before the meetings. The current commission is:

  • blueprintChris Hall, Chairperson
  • Maureen Purcell, Vice Chairman
  • Frank Balbirer
  • Tom Keebler
  • David Haubert
  • Jeff Peterson

POINTS OF INTEREST

ARTICLE VII
: Conditional Uses
~ 234-48. General. [Amended 11-9-1994 by Ord. No. 79]

A. The Board of Supervisors may allow or deny conditional uses pursuant to public notice and hearing and after receiving recommendations from the Nockamixon Township Planning Commission pursuant to the standards set forth in this chapter. In allowing a conditional use, the Board of Supervisors may attach such reasonable conditions and safeguards, in addition to those expressed in this chapter, as it may deem necessary to implement the purposes of this chapter. Written notification of the date, time and place of a conditional use hearing, together with a concise statement of the nature of the approval requested shall be given to all property owners located within 500 feet of the property boundary of the applicant's property within not less than seven days of the date of the hearing.