LIMC PROGRAMS

In 2007, the LIMC adopted Growing Together. This plan was ultimately  adopted by the LIMC member municipalities and serves as a guidance  document for growth within the region. Within the plan is a section  titled "Park and Open Space." The document serves as a replacement of  the 1993 Regional Park and Open Space Plan. The goal of the plan is a  well-maintained, intermunicipal park system will be developed, with due  regard for private property rights, and will include parks in all areas,  clean facilities, and recreation along and in waterways, all connected  by greenways for biking, walking, and non-motorized use. 

In  2004 seven LIMC municipalities approved an agreement establishing a  Central Lancaster County Uniform Construction Code Board of Appeals.  This provided a single Board to hear appeals to decisions made under the  Uniform Construction Code, rather than each municipality needing to  appoint and maintain its own board of appeals made up of qualified  professionals who are willing to serve as volunteers. The current  regional Board of Appeals serves Columbia Borough, East Petersburg  Borough, Manor Township, Millersville Borough, Mountville Borough,  Strasburg Borough (non-LIMC member of the UCC BOA), West Hempfield  Township, and West Lampeter Township.

Each municipality that is a  party to the Board of Appeals agreement appoints a member to an  Appointments Committee that, in turn, appoints the seven members of the  Board of Appeals. The Chairperson of the Board of Appeals selects five  of the seven members of the Board to hear a particular case. While it is  required that each municipality have access to the services of a board  of appeals, as of August 2012, the regional Board of Appeals had not  needed to hear a single appeal. That is one reason that it's practical  to have a regional board rather than each municipality appointing and  maintaining its own.

In 1992 the Lancaster Inter-Municipal Committee began to encourage  municipalities throughout Lancaster County to observe Trick of Treat  Night on the same date. The LIMC recommended a policy that  trick-or-treating be between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Halloween  (October 31), except when Halloween falls on a Saturday or Sunday, in  which case trick-or-treating should be on the prior Friday. The  officials of each municipality decide whether to follow that policy,  usually by passing a resolution. Twenty-three municipalities notified  the LIMC that they would follow that policy and join in the uniform  observance that first year. Participation has increased over the years.  In several recent years, all sixty municipalities in Lancaster County  have had trick-or-treating at the same time