The Amity Township Board of Supervisors has advertised to adopt two streets ordinances on Oct. 21.
One ordinance will allow the township to install “No Truck” signage on Route 562, Daniel Boone, and Meetinghouse roads due to the lack of a turning radius at the Meetinghouse Road bridge where the three roads meet.
An amended ordinance will allow Amity Township Police to enforce and issue fines to trucks that ignore the signage.
Amity and Exeter township officials said a number of tractor-trailers have had to reverse out of the intersections and turn around on residential properties.
Amity Township Manager Charles E. Lyon said a good alternative to Meetinghouse Road would be Old Tulpehocken Road.
Board members will also approve an amendment to the township’s parking ordinance.
The amended ordinance will prohibit recreational vehicles (RVs), large trucks, construction trucks, commercial vehicles, and dumpsters and storage containers from being parked on township streets.
The ordinance will increase the daily fine from $15 to $40 for illegally parked vehicles and containers.
Board members unanimously approved that a future amendment to the ordinance would allow residents in all zoning districts to park boats and RVs in their driveways – outside of the public right-of-way (sidewalks) but no longer behind the building (house’s) setback.
“Properties in the Amity Gardens area are small,” said Supervisor Richard L. Gokey, adding, “they should be able to put a boat or RV in their driveway. People do it but we don’t enforce — a selective enforcement. We allow a work truck in the driveway.”
“We’re saying you can live here, pay a boat-load of taxes, but you can’t park your trailer in your driveway,” said Supervisor Terry L. Jones.
The ordinance now allows the boat and RV driveway parking only in the Highway Commercial (HC) zoning district.
Lyon said the township has received a $130,000 health insurance dividends check from Benecon, Inc.
He said the township’s health insurance cost is expected to increase 4.6 percent for 2016, compared to last year’s increase of two percent.
