07/29/2026
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT there will be a Meeting of the Penn Forest Township Zoning Hearing Board on July 30, 2026 at 6:30 P.M. at the Penn Forest Township Volunteer Fire Company #1, 1387 PA-903, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229, to hear the following:
Challenger is Plainfield Solar, LLC, represented by Shawn N. Gallagher and Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC designate of property owner Queen of Peace Missionary Associates, Inc., property at O North Meckesville Rd, Albrightsville, Pa 18210, tax parcel ID 2-51-A5, and property owned by Lynx Associates, LTD identified as tax parcel 10-51-A7.01, who files a substantive validity challenge to the Zoning Ordinance as it relates to the solar energy use. Challenger states that the zoning ordinance and map do not provide for its fair share of this use, the zoning ordinance is unconstitutionally exclusionary and that the applicant is entitled to site specific relief.
BY ORDER OF: Gregory L. Mousseau, Esquire
Solicitor for Penn Forest Township Zoning Hearing Board
331 Center Street
Jim Thorpe, PA 18229
Chairman Comments:
Parties with standing and those that have previously entered an appearance will be allowed time to present and cross examine other witnesses. This is a hearing, following protocol much as a courtroom proceeding. This is not an open forum public meeting, and attendees are expected to condut themselves accordingly.
Public comment will be afforded at the end of all testimony and the record closed, and will be limited to three (3) minutes per person. If additional dates to conduct the hearing are required, they will be scheduled within the paramaters allowed by the Municipalities Planning Code, at the convenience of the parties to the hearing.
