Research snapshot · Development · 31 August 2026

Zoning and site plan in Pennsylvania: 9 towns on the record, the pace easing

This page is a snapshot, cut 31 August 2026, of a topic that moves. Below is the shape of the movement, read from the towns' own meeting records, and the way to get a view of it that stays current.

Snapshot taken 31 August 2026, based on 14 dated municipal records flagged as zoning and site plan in Pennsylvania, spanning 9 municipalities. The topic moves; a later cut supersedes this page.

What this page is for one topic at state or national scope, told as a story: how it arrived, the shape of its movement, a dated snapshot of a moving record, and the door to a view of it that stays current. If it does not, write to us; that is what changes the next edition.

The story so far

The record starts in Hermitage, 27 June 2022. Since then 9 Pennsylvania towns have put the topic on a meeting record, the newest of them Murrysville on 21 April 2026.

The last 90 days put 0 meetings on the record, well down from 4 in the 90 days before.

It runs through the rooms where budgets and ordinances are made: Mayor and City Council, Ordinance Review Committee and Town Council.

The shape of the movement

Dated meetings on the record at this scope, quarter by quarter, and the same 90-day count as a rolling line, whose right-hand point is that number. Counts of documents, never a reading of what they decided.
QuarterMeetingsTowns
Sep 2025 to Nov 202500
Dec 2025 to Feb 202633
Mar 2026 to May 202644
Jun 2026 to Aug 2026 (current)00

a rolling 90-day total, so the right-hand point is that same 90-day count. The busiest stretch was Mar 2026 to May 2026, with 4 meetings.

The towns on the record9, earliest first

Every Pennsylvania town carrying the topic, the earliest first, each with its latest document.
Hermitageearliest 2022-06-27 · 1 meeting · latest 2022-06-27 · the public notice LEGAL NOTICE - Public Hearing, June 27, 2022
Kingstonearliest 2023-03-03 · 1 meeting · latest 2023-03-03 · the ordinance ordinance-2023-4
Kennett Townshipearliest 2024-07-17 · 1 meeting · latest 2024-07-17 · a report July 17, 2024 Finance & HR Department Head Report
Baldwinearliest 2025-02-10 · 2 meetings · latest 2025-05-27 · the document 05-27-25 Meeting
Greensburgearliest 2025-02-10 · 2 meetings · latest 2025-04-14 · the document 12
Dunmoreearliest 2026-01-16 · 2 meetings · latest 2026-05-11 · the budget Budget To Actual April 2026
Lansdaleearliest 2026-02-04 · 2 meetings · latest 2026-04-15 · the agenda Council Business Meeting Agenda and Minutes
Pottstownearliest 2026-02-18 · 2 meetings · latest 2026-04-15 · the agenda Ordinance Review Committee Agenda, April 15th, 2026
Murrysvilleearliest 2026-04-21 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-04-21 · the minutes Minutes — Council of the Municipality of Murrysville

From the record

The most recent documents behind this page, one per town. Each link opens the town's own file.

11 May 2026 · Dunmore

the budget, on the town's own site Budget To Actual April 2026

21 April 2026 · Murrysville Council of the Municipality of Murrysville

the minutes, on the town's own site Minutes — Council of the Municipality of Murrysville

15 April 2026 · Pottstown Ordinance Review Committee

the agenda, on the town's own site Ordinance Review Committee Agenda, April 15th, 2026

15 April 2026 · Lansdale Business Meetings

the agenda, on the town's own site Council Business Meeting Agenda and Minutes

Companies on this record24 companies, 7 documents

Named in the same documents that carry this topic, read from the record itself: the firms designing, building and advising the work, each with where the record places them:
AC SCHULTES, INC.Lansdale
Adam Eidemiller, Inc.Greensburg
Algonquin Power & UtilitiesLansdale
ALTECLansdale
AmazonLansdale
ASPLUNDH ENGINEERING SERVICES LLCLansdale
Bench Craft CompanyGreensburg
BERGEY'S Commercial TireLansdale
BerkheimerMurrysville
Borough of ConshohockenLansdale
Borough of WheatlandHermitage
ChrisDunmore
CITY ELECTRIC SUPPLY COLansdale
CLEMENS CLEANING VILLAGE INCLansdale
GREATAMERICA FINANCIAL SERVICESLansdale
LSSEMurrysville
MerakeyLansdale
Nick & Amanda MorrisBaldwin
Pennsylvania Recreation & Park SocietyLansdale
Scranton Abingtons Planning AssociationDunmore
Skena Kellman Nature ReserveMurrysville
St. Stan's ChurchLansdale
Turtle Creek Valley COGMurrysville
William O'Malley, IIIDunmore

The documents naming each, and the threads they sit in, are the account view. If one of these is you, those are your projects on the record. Ask and we will show you every one, and the towns around them, as they move.

A snapshot of a moving record

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How we can tell you about it ongoing

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Also at this scope: Zoning and site plan across the country. Counts and dates are computed from the documents on the record; the topic and its definition are ours. This page carries no subscriber content.

Zoning and site plan, Pennsylvania

from the towns' own meeting records

Scope

Pennsylvania

every topic this state carries

Area

Development

every topic in this area

Towns on the record

9

with a dated document on this topic

Earliest

27 June 2022

the documents' dates

Meetings, last 90 days

0 against 4 before

dated documents

Snapshot cut

31 August 2026

this page's date

A view that stays current

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