Present:  Laurence Harvilchuck, Tom Swan, Peg Miller, Jerry Derham, Sandy Payne, Francis Fruehan, Terry Dugan, Steve Whitmore

The Silver Lake Township Planning Commission and Ad Hoc Committee held a work session on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at the Silver Lake Township Building.  Laurence Harvilchuck called the work session to order at 7:30 pm. 

Mr. Harvilchuck purchased the 2009 Edition of the PA Zoning Law and Practice books.  After reviewing the books, he put together a power-point presentation that compared SALDO and Zoning to answer several questions previously raised by the committee. The presentation included references for anyone that cared to look up a particular section and will be posted on the township website. Mr. Harvilchuck hoped that it will answer some of the questions that the committee has. The presentation will be posted on the website.  In summary, subdivision enables development, while zoning regulates the size of a parcel, the use of a parcel, and how much a parcel is used. A subdivision ordinance may not be used to enact zoning, as they are two different ordinance types. Zoning must be enacted under a zoning ordinance and not in many different ordinances because zoning is a different type of ordinance. The committee homework assignment for the next meeting was to review the sections in the proposed ordinance on enforcement. Mr. Harvilchuck adjourned the work session at 8:45pm.