Please Attend the New Sewickley Township Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday 6/4/24 at 6:30PM at 233 Miller Rd. Rochester, PA 15074

Speak up and ask our elected officials to:

“Keep our RURAL RESOURCE Area in place to Preserve the RURAL character of our community!”

What is a Rural Resource Area?

• Rural Resource Areas are targeted in areas where public utilities are not planned and agricultural land preservation is desired.
• Areas with high percentage of forest, farmland and parks and where public infrastructure (water and sewer) is lacking. Conservation of natural resources and agricultural land is encouraged. New housing should occur at low densities and in manner that preserves natural assets.

Why?

• Designation of Rural Resource Areas will encourage low-impact development in areas where the state, county and township wants to conserve important agricultural and natural resources. 

In Summary

• Rural Municipalities:  Generally, these plans emphasize protection of rural and agricultural land through establishment of rural resource areas and use of tools like agricultural security areas and conservation easements. Most residents in these areas want to preserve their rural heritage and character.
  • Residential development is primarily low-density and concentrated in small "nodes" or adjacent to previously developed areas and/or highway interchanges.