Lancaster County Council Special Meeting 9-16-2026

Lancaster County Council special meeting, September 16, 2026: Council reviewed Planning Commission recommendations on the rewrite of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), with a public hearing and second reading rescheduled for October 12 and third reading for October 26. The goal is to complete adoption before the current moratorium ends. Council generally supported the Planning Commission’s revised recommendations, while retaining Council’s language for items 37 and 103; the discussion of item 103 concerned riparian and stream provisions, which members wanted to review further. The transcript ends before the vote result on the main motion is recorded.

Among the provisions discussed, Council supported a 500-foot separation between kennels, agreed to use a full growing season rather than the matrix’s 219-day limit for farm stands, and discussed aligning certain public-notice provisions with state requirements. Members also discussed organizing future UDO text amendments, prioritizing issues such as neighborhood-business uses, and making public comments and staff responses more transparent. No procurement, contract awards, vendor selections, or spending decisions were identified.