No one spoke during the public comment portion of either agenda item.
George Washington Inn & Conference Center
The Schottenstein Realty Company submitted an application to rezone 6.4 acres off Merrimac Trail from general business to planned development residential.
The applicant, Jeff Schottenstein, proposed a plan to make the George Washington Inn and Conference Center into 125 workforce housing units for people such as first responders, teachers and nurses.
Besides the interior renovations, Tim Cross, the county’s planning director, said the applicant also wanted to demolish two existing structures the former restaurant building in front of the hotel and the rear conference center and one of the three entrances off Merrimac Trail.
District 4 Supervisor (WYDaily/Courtesy of Yorkcounty.gov)
The Board of Supervisors have appointed G. Stephen Roane Jr. to fill the District 4 seat left vacant by the resignation of the previous Board member Jeffrey D. Wassmer.
Roane and five other applicants made presentations to the Board of Supervisors during a meeting in York Hall Tuesday Dec. 8. Following the presentations, the Board deliberated before appointing Roane to the position.
“Fortunately I have been blessed with this opportunity to serve with other board members representing my neighbors here in District 4. I am really excited about the opportunity and I am looking forward to it,” Roane said.