Monday, November 11, 2019

Borough Council to hold public hearing to consider rezoning the downtown


Notices (as shown above) have been posted downtown announcing a public meeting to be held by Columbia Borough Council on December 16 to consider rezoning several blocks of the downtown from residential to downtown commercial. Currently, the notices are posted from 2nd Street to 5th Street as well as on several intersecting streets. 

According to the notice, public comments can be submitted to the Lancaster County Planning Commission. A public meeting of the commission will be held November 25 at 2:30 p.m. at 150 North Queen Street, Lancaster.

The December 16 meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the District Administration Center, 200 North 5th Street, Columbia.

As of this posting, the notice does not appear on the Columbia Borough website and Facebook page and is not advertised at Lancaster Online.

Agenda - Columbia Borough Council Meeting - November 12, 2019



Download the council packet HERE.

Download supplemental packet items HERE.

Columbia Borough Meetings - Week of November 11, 2019


Sunday, November 10, 2019

About Town 11/10/19

This week's photos of Columbia . . .


 What's this? Girls skateboarding in defiance of the regulations?

The regulations (of which there are many)

Good thing Waterways Conservation Officer Jeff Schmidt was there to keep them on the straight and narrow.

 The many-windowed Saint Peter Apartments

 Tonight there's gonna be a Jailbreak.

 Autumn is rapidly leafing us.

 Another scarf bombing

 What have they done to our lot at 4th & Locust?

 Back at work

Still trying

Here's one on the outside

 An escort vehicle announcing an oversize load that isn't there.

 Here are the credentials.

 They were checking clearances under traffic lights and elsewhere on Route 462.

Here's a wide load, not necessarily oversize.

 The taxes are too damn high!

 Half moon, waxing

 The underside of a warthog

RGA has entered a bid of $13,275 in response to the borough's RFP for a Historic Resource Survey Consultant. Two of the company's employees were taking photos of the town Thursday morning, even though council reportedly has not yet made a decision.



 Pumpkin massacre in Avenue H

 Many welders have seen the light.

He's nailing it. 

Triker heading on home 

 The rain was starting to fall.

 Watcher, watching

 Someone pulled the plug.

 This MEDEVAC helicopter flew over several times this week.

Getting there

 We want our sidewalk back.

 The ramp is not for cars. The sign clearly says BOAT LAUNCHING ONLY.

 Decked out for Christmas already

Let's hope she'll join her siblings for the holidays.

Unfortunately, this one's bound to be a burger.

 Spell-check, please

Todd Stahl sent this photo of a balloon over the river this morning.

James R. Settle III sent this video shot from the bridge. The fun starts at about 0:22.