OFFICIAL
BOROUGH OF FRANKLIN PARK
PUBLIC NOTICE
TAKE NOTICE that the Borough Council of the Borough of Franklin Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, at a regular meeting to be held Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. prevailing local time, at the Franklin Park Municipal Building, 2344 West Ingomar Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15237, intends to consider the following:
SF 24-06-02 Deerfield Estates Plan of Lots No. 2B Revised Final – An application for Revised Final Subdivision has been filed by Deerfield Estates FP Development, LLC to allow the separation of Phase 2 into Phase 2A and 2B and for the recording of Phase 2B located at Deerfield Drive and Juniper Drive in the R-3 Zoning District. The application may be examined during regular business hours in the office of the Building Inspector/Zoning Officer.
Proposed Ordinance No. 685-2024 to place a Home Rule Charter question and Government Study Commission election on the ballot for the 2024 General Election. Borough Council believes that voters of the Borough of Franklin Park should vote to determine whether a government study commission should be formed to study the existing form of government of the Borough of Franklin Park and consider the advisability of adopting a home rule charter and, if deemed advisable, to draft and recommend a home rule charter. An election shall be held at the 2024 General Election on the following question, authorized in Section 2911(a) of the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law: “Shall a government study commission of seven (7) members be elected to study the existing form of government of the Borough of Franklin Park, to consider the advisability of the adoption of a home rule charter; and, if advisable, to draft and to recommend a home rule charter?” The proposed ordinance requires the Borough Secretary to file a certified copy of the ordinance, together with a copy of the question to be submitted to the electors, to the Allegheny County Board of Elections; and establishes severability and effective date provisions.
A copy of the full text of the proposed Ordinance may be examined by any citizen at the Franklin Park Municipal Building, at the newspaper publishing this legal notice, and at the office of the Allegheny County Council Chief Clerk, Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh, PA, during regular business hours.
If you are a person with a disability and require special accommodations to effectively participate in the meeting, please contact Rege Ebner, Borough Manager, at rebner@franklinparkborough.us or 412-364-4115
Cathy L. Krummert
Borough Secretary