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Swatara Township supervisors unanimously agreed on July 9 to advertise an ordinance revising the residential forest district and governing data centers, for potential adoption at its Aug. 13 meeting.
Earlier this year, supervisor Dean Patches summarized potential changes to the residential forest zone as changing large lot regulations from applying to two-acre lots to applying to five-acre lots, requiring engineer plans for structures on site, and not allowing the clearing of trees for conversion to agricultural uses, noting that land clearing would not be allowed save for where necessary for houses, driveways, septic, and similar uses…