Who makes the decisions to rezone agricultural/conservation land or keep the zoning as it is?
Here in Derry Township, the responsibility to make these land use decisions belongs to our Township Supervisors. It is important to remember that no landowner is entitled to have land rezoned. Like any other law, a zoning law (called an ordinance) is a law of general applicabilitythat is, it applies to everyone. In order to have the law changed, the landowner should be required to show that the benefits of rezoning the land far outweigh the harms it will cause. (In the past case of the Nye-Hart properties, there were many harmful effects that would be caused by rezoning.
