{"id":152,"date":"2016-01-20T16:41:45","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T21:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/?page_id=152"},"modified":"2024-02-07T10:44:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T15:44:04","slug":"zoning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/departments\/zoning\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Zoning &amp; Permitting<\/h2>\n<p>Zoning decisions are made by a three-member Zoning Hearing Board. Members are appointed by the township Board of Supervisors. They serve a three-year term and are responsible for hearing appeals on zoning matters, including variances and special exceptions.<\/p>\n<p>Zoning Hearing Board meetings are held as needed at 7 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month in the Rush Township Municipal Building in Hometown. Changes are advertised in a local newspaper and posted at the Municipal Building.<\/p>\n<p>Zoning in Rush Township is governed by the 2009 Eastern Schuylkill Planning Region Joint Zoning Ordinances, which were enacted by the township supervisors on Oct. 20, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Zoning Hearing Board:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chairman Wayne Postupack (2024)<\/li>\n<li>Vice Chairman Thomas Klein, Jr. (2026)<\/li>\n<li>Member Jack Cusatis (2024)<\/li>\n<li>Alternate Frank Yeneskie (2024)<\/li>\n<li>Alternate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Required permits<\/h2>\n<p>William N. McMullen of Arro Engineering (570-366-9534)\u00a0of Orwigsburg handles the zoning permits for our township. If necessary, he will gladly schedule an appointment with you by calling his office number.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moving permits <strong>are<\/strong> required of everyone moving in and out of Rush Township. Moving permits can be obtained at the municipal building. There is no charge for a moving permit.<\/li>\n<li>Building permits <strong>are <\/strong>also required. Permit information can be obtained from Arro Engineering (570-366-9534).\u00a0Comprehensive Inspection Agency (570-385-3010)\u00a0performs all necessary inspections. Contact the township municipal building for a contact name and phone number.<\/li>\n<li><em>(The township&#8217;s burning ordinance does not apply to small, well-controlled fires in an outdoor fireplace or a container for outdoor cooking \u2013 as long as the fire is attended by a responsible person from ignition through extinguishing.)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>UCC Appeals<\/h2>\n<p>Members of the UCC Appeals Board:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dean DelFranco, Sr.<\/li>\n<li>Leon Sassaman<\/li>\n<li>Pat Caulfield<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zoning &amp; Permitting Zoning decisions are made by a three-member Zoning Hearing Board. Members are appointed by the township Board of Supervisors. They serve a three-year term and are responsible for hearing appeals on zoning matters, including variances and special exceptions. Zoning Hearing Board meetings are held as needed at 7 p.m. on the fourth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":142,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3990,"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152\/revisions\/3990"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}