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 Office of Planning & Development
 
 
The Adams County Office of Planning and Development (ACOPD) prepares countywide planning policies and conducts implementation programs designed to guide community building and resource conservation in Adams County.  Planning initiatives focus upon long-range land use, transportation, and resource protection policies, medium-term implementation activities, and short-term efforts to effectuate the best possible community design and conservation decisions.
 
ACOPD is responsible for the functions listed below.  Documents pertaining to these functions, including advisory reports submitted to local municipal governments (townships and boroughs) for all proposed subdivision plans, land development plans, comprehensive plans and comprehensive plan amendments, zoning ordinances and zoning ordinance amendments, and similar reviews, are available for public inspection during normal business hours.
 
Additional information is available by clicking on the links in blue below or on the links under "Planning & Development" on the lefthand side of the page.
                                                                     
 
 
                          

Long Range Countywide Planning

 
Adams County Comprehensive Plan
Adams County Vision for Parks, Recreation, and Open Space
Adams County Natural Areas Inventory
Adams County Water Supply / Wellhead Protection Plan
Adams County Greenways Plan
Comprehensive Plan Transportation/ Land Use Component Update

 

Functional / Regional Planning

 
The following plans are under ACOPD sponsorship:
   Southeast Adams Transportation Study
   North Gettysburg Area Trail Feasibility Study
   Comprehensive Roadway Improvement Study (CRIS)
 
ACOPD is also invloved in the following initiatives:  
   Southcentral PA Goods Movement Study
   
Community Planning Assistance
 
Current Community Assistance Planning Program (CAPP) Contracts
 
      ·        Fairfield Borough                 ·        Liberty Township
      ·        Littlestown Borough            ·        Berwick Township
      ·        New Oxford Borough *         ·        Highland Township
      ·        Hamilton Township              ·        Reading Township
   
 
*  ACOPD staff administers the New Oxford Borough Zoning Ordinance in accordance with the Borough’s Community Planning contract with Adams County.  All other Community Planning contracts provide basic planning assistance.
 
   ACOPD also provides staff services and support to several Adams County boards and commissions. These include the Adams County Commissioners, Adams County Planning Commission, and Adams County Transportation Planning Organization (ACTPO).
 
 
                                     ACOPD Library
 
The Adams County Office of Planning and Development maintains a library, which includes books and publications that deal with Community Planning, Land Use, Transportation, Sustainable Development, Natural and Cultural Resource Conservation, and many other topics related to planning.  These resources are available to the public. Adams County residents may borrow books from this library, which is administered much like a public library.  Interested residents may personally visit ACOPD at 19 Baltimore Street in Gettysburg to access these resources.
 
 
Director:  Richard Schmoyer, AICP 
   
Hours:  Monday thru Friday   8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.
   
Mailing Address:             County of Adams
  Office of Planning and Developement (ACOPD) 
  19 Baltimore Street, Suite 101
 
Gettysburg,  PA  17325 
 
 
Phone:  (717) 337-9824 
   
Fax:  (717) 334-0786 
   
 
 

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