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Pen Argyl (/ p ɛ n ɑːr dʒ ɪ l /; Pennsylvania Dutch: Kleiberg) is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The borough's population was 3,510 as of the 2020 census. The borough's population was 3,510 as of the 2020 census.
This is a list of towns and boroughs in Pennsylvania.There are currently 956 municipalities classified as boroughs and one classified as a town in Pennsylvania.Unlike other forms of municipalities in Pennsylvania, boroughs and towns are not classified according to population.
Pen Argyl: Borough 3,595 27 Eastlawn Gardens: CDP 3,307 28 Lower Mount Bethel Township: Township 3,101 29 North Catasauqua: Borough 2,849 30 Wind Gap: Borough 2,720 31
Cornwall Borough Council members set a tentative date of Jan. 2, 2024, to have a public hearing on a proposed amendment to the zoning ordinance that would add "manufacturing" as a permitted use in ...
Some boroughs have even numbers of council members. The borough offices of tax assessor, tax collector and auditor are elected independently. The borough council can also hire a borough manager to enforce ordinances and carry out the day-to-day business of the town's administration and dictates of its council. The definition of boroughs is a ...
The zoning resolution reflected both borough and local interests, and was adopted primarily to stop massive buildings from preventing light and air from reaching the streets below. It also established limits in building massing at certain heights, usually interpreted as a series of setbacks and, while not imposing height limits , restricted ...
The constitutionality of zoning ordinances was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in Village of Euclid, Ohio v. Ambler Realty Co. in 1926. The zoning ordinance of Euclid, Ohio was challenged in court by a local land owner on the basis that restricting use of property violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Ambler ...
A planning and zoning commission is a local elected or appointed government board charged with recommending to the local town or city council the boundaries of the various original zoning districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein and any proposed amendments thereto.