North Strabane Approves New Fee Schedule

North Strabane Township Supervisors met Tuesday and made changes to their fee schedule. One of the biggest changes is in electrical inspection fees. Building permit fees will increase .05% but now will come with in house electrical inspectors. Builders will no longer have to hire third party inspectors for electrical inspections. This was attained by the township hiring building inspectors that are certified electrical inspectors. Other changes in the fee schedule involve athletic court reservations. Residents will now be able to reserve court times for pickleball or basketball in one hour blocks. Walk up play is still available but if the court is reserved those reservations will take priority. Additionally, supervisors tabled a measure that would have rezoned a land parcel at the corner of Morganza Road and Curry Road for the construction of a personal warehouse. Township officials are still struggling with a way to define what a personal warehouse is and what activities would be listed as permitted uses in the warehouse and which would need to have a special exception condition granted. More detail will emerge at the Planning Commission’s August 12 meeting.