Meeting preview
Amity Sign Rewrite Would Cap Yard Signs at Four, 90 Days
Amity Township's Nov. 18 hearing on new sign rules: four temporary signs per lot, 90 days up and 14 down, and brightness limits for electronic signs.
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News from Amity Township: meetings, development, and local decisions, reported from the public record.
Oct 28
Meeting recap
Amity Budget Seeks EMS Tax Hike; Sewer Rate Rises to $236
Amity Township's proposed 2027 budget would raise the EMS tax from .275 to .331 mills; a typical home's sewer bill rises to $236 a quarter on Jan. 1.
Meeting recap
Amity Township Puts Data Centers on Hold for 180 Days
Amity Township declared its zoning cannot handle data centers and froze any data center application for up to 180 days while it writes new rules.
Report
Berks County Data Centers: Every Project, Tracked
A running tracker of Berks County data centers: what is operating now, the one big AI campus proposed, and which towns have zoning rules.
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Meeting preview
Amity Township weighs a four-community land-use plan
Amity Township holds a public hearing Aug. 19 on adopting a joint comprehensive plan with three neighbors, and weighs sewer-plant costs and a tapping-fee study.
Report
Daniel Boone schools move to seek $818K roof grant
Daniel Boone Area School District called an Aug. 3 special meeting to authorize an $817,917 state grant application, days before the Aug. 7 deadline.