{"id":693,"date":"2024-10-20T09:21:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T13:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amitytownshippa.com\/wp2\/?page_id=693"},"modified":"2026-01-06T08:36:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:36:51","slug":"zoning-hearing-board","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amitytownshippa.com\/wp2\/zoning-hearing-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoning Hearing Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The Township of Amity has five members that serve on the Zoning Hearing Board. The ZHB is a quasi-judicial body, and are appointed for five year terms by the Board of Supervisors. The Zoning Hearing Board is responsible for:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Substantive challenges to the validity of any land use ordinance<\/li>\n<li>Procedural challenges to a land use ordinance<\/li>\n<li>Appeals from the Zoning Officer with permits, issuance of a cease and desist order or registration of a non-conforming use<\/li>\n<li>Appeals of determination of a flood plain<\/li>\n<li>Appeals regarding transfer of development rights<\/li>\n<li>Applications for variances and special exceptions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amitytownshippa.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ZONING-HEARING-APPLICATION-2020-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ZONING HEARING APPLICATION (Download)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amitytownshippa.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ZONING-HEARING-APPLICATION-FILLABLE-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ZONING-HEARING-APPLICATION-FILLABLE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Zoning Hearing Board meets as needed, typically the 4th Monday at 7:00 P.M. A staff member is available to answer any questions regarding a Zoning Variance Application during normal business hours, call 610-953-0023<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Members of the Zoning Hearing Board<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thomas Bosler<\/strong>\u00a0 Chair 12\/31\/2030<br \/>\n<strong>Edward Graefe<\/strong> 12\/31\/2028<br \/>\n<strong>Joseph Palmeri<\/strong> 12\/31\/2029<br \/>\n<strong>Nicholas Fretz<\/strong> 12\/31\/2027<br \/>\n<strong>Anthony DiFuria<\/strong> 12\/31\/2026[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The Township of Amity has five members that serve on the Zoning Hearing Board. The ZHB is a quasi-judicial body, and are appointed for five year terms by the Board of Supervisors. The Zoning Hearing Board is responsible for: &nbsp; Substantive challenges to the validity of any land use ordinance Procedural challenges to a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-693","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amitytownshippa.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amitytownshippa.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amitytownshippa.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amitytownshippa.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amitytownshippa.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/amitytownshippa.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1826,"href":"https:\/\/amitytownshippa.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/693\/revisions\/1826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amitytownshippa.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}