Planning Commission
In Pennsylvania, planning commissions are primarily responsible for and charged with exercising a municipality’s legal right to develop a comprehensive plan that outlines its specific community planning objectives that may focus on environmental protection; agricultural, historical and cultural resource preservation; business retention, expansion and recruitment; urban redevelopment; housing opportunities; parks and recreation amenities; transportation and utility infrastructure; or other health, safety and public welfare needs and issues that are critical to the community’s overall wellbeing and prosperity.
A planning commission acts as an advisor to the governing body and its principal role is stipulated in the Municipalities Planning Code (MPC) which is the uniform planning and land use enabling law for all commonwealth municipalities. The planning commission’s duties and responsibilities are authorized by the MPC.
In practice, the planning commission’s time is largely devoted to reviewing applications submitted pursuant to the municipality’s zoning and subdivision & land development ordinances and providing recommendations for their approval to the governing body.
The regular meetings of the Lehighton Planning Commission will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the Municipal Building on the second Tuesday of each month on the following dates:
January 16, 2024
February 13, 2024
March 12, 2024
April 9, 2024
May 14, 2024
June 11, 2024
July 9, 2024
August 13, 2024
September 10, 2024
October 8, 2024
November 12, 2024
December 10, 2024
Members (4 Year Terms)
Name | Title | Term Expires |
---|---|---|
Manual DaCosta
| Chair | 2027 |
Donald Hahn
| Secretary | 2027 |
Henry J. Long, Sr.
| Member | 2024 |
Chris Schnell
| Member | 2026 |
David Krum
| Member | 2024 |
Member | 2026 | |
Greg Mousseau
| Solicitor | |
Vanessa Nedrick, Remington Vernick
| Engineer |