PUBLIC NOTICE The West Manheim Township Zoning Hearing Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, at 7:00 P.M., at the Municipal Building, 2412 Baltimore Pike, Hanover, Pa., to consider the following: Special Exception Request (1) Case No.: SE-02-10-31-2025 Applicants: Jessica & Benjamin Smith – Application for a Special Exception from the West Manheim Township Zoning Ordinance, § 270-7, Uses Not Regulated. The Applicants seek to operate an artisan studio specializing in woodworking and engraved products, a.k.a., Script & Grain, in the residential Zoning District. This proposed use is a "use not regulated" because the proposed use is not clearly permitted by right, as a special exception use, or as a conditional use by this chapter or within any zoning district. As such, the use is prohibited, except that the Zoning Hearing Board may permit such use as a special exception use if the applicant specifically proves to the Zoning Hearing Board that all of the following terms would be met: A. The proposed use would be equal to or less intensive in external impacts than uses that are permitted in the district; B. The proposed use would be closely similar in external impacts and character to uses permitted in that district, considering the standards in the Zoning Ordinance § 270-180, Expansion or construction upon nonconformities; C. The proposed use would meet the standards that apply under the Zoning Ordinance § 270-233 pertaining to special exception uses; and D. The proposed use is not specifically prohibited in that zoning district. Location of Applicant’s property: 2640 Baltimore Pike, Hanover, PA 17331.   WEST MANHEIM TOWNSHIP ZONING HEARING BOARD MICHAEL BOWERSOX