The 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.

Demolition 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.

Lancaster 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.

The Cumberland County Planning Commission is likely to recommend approval next week for a new Mechanicsburg branch of Members 1^st Federal Credit Union, said Kirk Stoner, the county's planning department director.

Members 1^st 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 1^st 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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