Carroll Citizens for Sensible Growth
Northern York County, Pennsylvania
Village at South Mountain - Power Brothers - Dillsburg Ventures, LLC
Submitted September 27, 2006 - 44.7 acres - Traditional Neighborhood Development
Proposed single family lots 76
Proposed Apartments 166
Total residential Unites 242
Proposed Retail 40,300sf
NEW 9-28-09 York County Planning Commission review and comments on Village at South Mountain

At the September 14, 2009 Board of Supervisors Meeting
Carroll Township Board Of Supervisors Voted to drop the appeal of Village of South Mountain
read Banner article dated September 17, 2009

On February 9, 2009 Carroll Township signed into a agreement with a developer (Dillsburg Ventures) to develop 44.7
acres in to a Traditional Neighborhood Design (TND) consisting of 236 residential units and a civic, office center. This
high density TND development will be located between Harrisburg Pike, Logan Rd. And US15 (across form Logan Park).

Carroll Township basically signed into an agreement denying public involvement. Only the Sketch Plan and Negotiation agreement are
available at the  Carroll Township Office.
2/09/09 New Negotiation Procedure and Settlement Agreement
2/09/09 New Proposed sketch plan (part of above agreement)
After reviewing Proposed Sketch Plan, it NO longer even looks to be a TND

7/10/09 CCSG files an Act100 with Carroll Township to review reports and new plans
7/10/09 RTK request filed with Carroll Township (Act 100)
8/6/09 CCSG Act100 inquires about SMV denied
8/12/09 CCSG Appeals the denied of Act 100 to the Office of Open Records
8/21/09 Office of Open Records (OOR) response to CCSG's appeal of Act100 denial view here
8/31/09 Carroll Townships response to OOR's letter dated 8/31/09
9/03/09 Office of Open Records to CCSG, Confirmation of Records Received and Potential Withdrawal
NEW 9/09/09 CCSG withdraws its appeal of the open records request (Act100) Even tho the Negotiation and
Procedure and Settlement Agreement stated dates for these documents to be ready. The township cannot
produce documents it do not exist. The time line for the dates has been renegotiated. I expect to maybe hear
more on the status of this plan sometime in NOV?  
9/02/09 This is a Summary of the Stormwater Management that was apart of our original RTK request the full report was
made available and reviewed - only copies of the Summary Stormwater Management Report were requested and
received.

8/13/09 CCSG's sends letter to Honorable John Chronister view here

we been SLAPPED - Strategic lawsuit against public participation
“SLAPP-ed” by the Court?
Corporate lawyers have evolved into overwhelming and oppressive manipulators of the public and our court systems. The Average Joe is
helpless, hapless, and hopeless in trying to understand and work within the legal machinations re-shaping our communities. One perfect
example is the Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation ("SLAPP"), intended to intimidate and silence critics. Winning the lawsuit isn’t
their goal. Fear, intimidation, mounting legal costs or simple exhaustion can achieve the desired result – to kill public criticism and
community opposition. Many states have "anti-SLAPP suit" statutes protecting citizens' rights to free speech and to petition their government.
Pennsylvania is one of those states. Yet, a PA judge is preventing public review and criticism of a development plan by allowing “Confidential
Mediation” between Carroll Township and Dillsburg Ventures, LLC (Powers Brothers, Maryland). There is an undisclosed timeline for an
unknown negotiator to make deals with an out-of-state developer with no interest other than profit. This situation runs contrary to the intent of
PA laws protecting citizens’ rights. Most assuredly our Founding Fathers are spinning in their graves.
Deana Weaver

Letter to negotiator
Behind Closed Doors
There are currently "behind closed doors" negotiations between Carroll Township and Powers Brothers (Maryland-based developer) for the
Village at South Mountain. This is a 236 residential unit development across from Logan Park, with a 40,000+sf shopping center and 600
parking spaces, with one access off Route 15, midway between Harrisburg Pike and Siddonsburg Road.
Granting the developer’s appeal of the township’s 2008 denial, the Court guarantees  approval of mediation. Citizens are uninformed of the
identity of Carroll’s representatives for this mediation. There will be no public review, questions, or input prior to approval. The original
timeline was not met, and therefore extended. Initial scheduling would have reached completion on Tuesday, July 14th. The new timeline
remains unknown. The  original “Negotiation Procedure and Settlement Agreement” is available at CarrollCitizens.com under
“Development.”   
These negotiations have resulted in zoning changes. While the denied plan was a Traditional Neighborhood Design, this negotiated plan is
RS2 zoning, which did not exist at the time of original submittal. Unfortunately, the township must apply the previous ordinances which were
not written to address RS2 zoning. Worst of all, Carroll Township did not have to agree to these negotiations. They would have faired better to
invest in further court proceedings in order to fulfill obligations to protect our health, safety, and welfare.
Deana Weaver
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Old plans called for
(46 single family units, 12 Accessory Apartments, 24 duplex Unites,
130 Townhouse Units, 24 Live-work units)
236 residential units (total family at one time was 189)
2.41 acres devoted to Civic uses
72,000sf of mixed use buildings for commercial and office use

Some history
2/11/08 Plans Were DENIED
2/25/08 Carroll Township Issues formal "Village At South Mountain Denial Notification Letter"
3/25/08 Village People filed an appeal with courts of Supervisors decision, (copy of appeal - Part 1 and Part 2 )
5/29/08 "Brief of Carroll Township in Opposition to Land Use Appeal" (Copy of Opposition to appeal Part 1,
Part 2)
7/18/2008 York County Courts Judge John Chronister rule in favor of Powers Bros. Read Opinion Here

7/31/08 CCSG Editorial in Banner  "Developer abuse intent of design"

8/11/08 Carroll Township appealed courts decision and fight the approval of South Mountain Village.
Carroll Township lost appeal and entered in to Negotiations.