Public Notice: 04/03/2025 [fe82dc53edc8d05e259ea75abf471828]

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Hamilton Township Zoning Hearing Board will hold a public hearing at the Hamilton Township Municipal Building, 229 Fenner Avenue, Sciota, Pennsylvania 18354 commencing at 6:30 p.m., prevailing time, on April 17, 2025 for the purpose of hearing the appeal of Rimrock Temple Associates with an office situate at 2720 Rimrock Drive, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania 18360 (the “Appellant”). The Appellant appeals from the March 10, 2025 decision of the Hamilton Township Zoning Officer to deny the Appellant’s Application for a new freestanding sign proposed to be erected on property situate at 2720 Rimrock Drive in Hamilton Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania which is owned by William J. Barger and J. Simpson Africa Masonic Association. The property in question bears Tax Map Parcel No. 07.7.1.34-A and is located in Zoning District A. The property is presently used as a Masonic Lodge. The Zoning Officer denied to Appellant’s Application, asserting that the proposed new freestanding sign does not comply with the requirements of Section 508.3(f) of the Hamilton Township Zoning Ordinance which Section establishes multiple criteria applicable to freestanding signs. A copy of the Appellant’s Application, the full text of the Township Zoning Ordinance, and a complete copy of the Township Zoning Map are available for public inspection prior to the date of the hearing which inspection must occur at the Hamilton Township Municipal Building, 229 Fenner Avenue, Sciota, Pennsylvania 18354 between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, Monday through Friday on business days which are not Federal or State public holidays. The public and all interested persons are invited to attend the public hearing and to present all relevant evidence in connection therewith. BY ORDER OF THE HAMILTON TOWNSHIP ZONING HEARING BOARD Jim Wilson, Chairman FOR PUBLICATION IN THE POCONO RECORD ON APRIL 3, 2025 AND APRIL 10, 2025