What is the Transferable Development Right Program and Origin in Manheim Township?
This program grew out of Manheim Township’s efforts to better manage the patterns and impacts of land development so as to accommodate continued growth while protecting natural resources that are important to the Township’s residents. Having experienced a long period of development as a result of growth pressure in the Lancaster City Suburban areas, development extended out from the City and expanded into the northwest side of the Township, leaving a predominantly rural landscape of farmland in the northeastern portion of the Township. The Township opted to protect the remaining farmland through agricultural zoning and the creation of the TDR program. In the early years of the TDR program, the Township purchased TDRs directly from the property owner in an effort to jump start the program. Today, both developers and the Township buy TDRs directly from the property owner.

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1. If I file a complaint with the Township, will it remain confidential?
2. Can I change the zoning district designation of my property?
3. What are setbacks?
4. Where can I find a zoning permit?
5. What is a building permit?
6. What is a Certificate of Use and Occupancy?
7. What is a comprehensive plan?
8. Do I need a permit to re-pave my driveway?
9. Where can I find information on housing assistance for owners, landlords or developers?
10. Where can I get 2010 US Census data?
11. What exactly is zoning?
12. What is a zoning ordinance?
13. What is a permitted use?
14. What is a special exception?
15. What is the Zoning Hearing Board?
16. What is a variance?
17. What is a conditional use?
18. What is a Planned Residential Development (PRD)?
19. What is a Cluster Development?
20. What is a Transferable Development Right (TDR)?
21. What is the Transferable Development Right Program and Origin in Manheim Township?
22. How many Transferable Development Rights are assigned to property in Manheim Township?
23. What is the Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 (MPC)?
24. What is a Designated Growth Area?
25. What is an Urban Growth Area?
26. What is a Village Growth Area?
27. What is Growing Together?
28. What is the Lancaster Inter-Municipal Committee?
29. What is a Home Occupation?
30. What is an easement?
31. What is riparian buffer?
32. What are prime agricultural soils?
33. What is a floodplain?
34. What are Best Management Practices (BMPs)?
35. What is the Land Use Advisory Board (LUAB)?
36. What is the Planning Commission?
37. What is an Official Map?
38. What is a Historic Resource?
39. What is a Codified Ordinance?