Butler Twp renews commitment to agricultural security
BUTLER TWP — The 55 properties comprising the Butler Township Agriculture Security Area will see seven more years of protection.
Township commissioners had a public hearing Monday where residents could discuss the protected agricultural area that was established in the township in 2001. Following the hearing, the commissioners passed a resolution granting protection to the 55 properties that requested to be included.
The commissioners also approved a request from the Spencer Geibel Funeral Home at 140 New Castle Road to subdivide a parcel of land and construct a 3,800-square-foot facility that will include a crematorium.
Township zoning officer Jesse Hines said only two properties were added to the Agriculture Security Area, bringing the total area covered to 1,821 acres. The hearing was routine, with Hines saying that the area has to be reviewed by commissioners every seven years.
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