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By Eric VeronikisThe Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has denied the Pennsylvania Builders Association's injunction request to block the 2009 updates to Pennsylvania's Uniform Construction Code, association spokesman Scott Elliot said in an e-mail.
However, the association still plans to pursue the lawsuit
they filed to block the changes, he said.
"We went into this lawsuit with every intention of pursuing
it to its conclusion. The judge's decision yesterday was just the first step of
many," Elliott said. "Our members will review the judge's decision with the
help of legal counsel. Unless our members decide differently, our association
plans to continue our efforts with the lawsuit seeking to rollback the building
codes."
The association filed the injunction on Jan. 19 in the Commonwealth Court.
The association said the updates, combined with changes that begin next year,
could add up to $15,000 to the price of an average single-family house.
The updates
include mandatory sprinklers in newly constructed townhouses this year, and
sprinklers in single-family houses next year. There are hundreds of other
changes in the updates.
By Paula HolzmanDemolition has begun to make way for a 15-acre commercial subdivision in Brecknock Township, Lancaster County.
Five lots ranging in size from 1 acre to 4.6 acres are
available for sale or lease, said Keith Brubacher, owner of site developer
Boulder Hill Properties, also based in Brecknock Township.
The former poultry farm has been rezoned as highway
commercial, Brubacher said.
"There's really no other small subdivision in the locality
that offers something like this," he said. "We think in the long term this
project has a lot of viability."
Demolition should be complete in about two weeks, he said.
By Paula HolzmanLancaster County's Bareville Design is changing its name and selling off certain merchandise to better focus on its flooring and cabinetry segments, said marketing manager Andrew Neupauer.
The Upper
Leacock Township
business is divesting itself of its furniture, a process it hopes to accomplish
over the next month to six weeks, he said.
The location then will be split between Bareville Flooring
& Tile and Bareville Cabinetry & Design, he said. No staffing changes
will occur with the transition, Neupauer said.
Bareville closed its Springettsbury Township
showroom last year.
By Jim T. RyanThe Cumberland County Planning Commission is likely to recommend approval next week for a new Mechanicsburg branch of Members 1st Federal Credit Union, said Kirk Stoner, the county's planning department director.
Members 1st is asking Mechanicsburg to rezone nearly an acre of land at of East Simpson Ferry and Allendale roads from residential
to commercial. The borough has scheduled a May 6 public hearing on the request.
Members 1st did not immediately return calls for
comment.
The Lower Allen Township-based credit union plans to open
two other branches within the month in Palmyra, Lebanon County, and Derry
Township, Dauphin County.
Although final approval rests with municipalities, the
county planning department and commission review zoning changes, ordinances and
development plans to give recommendations to municipal governments, Stoner
said.
The planning commission will decide on the rezoning request
at its March 18 meeting, he said.
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