Solution sought for mobile homes

Supervisors also discussed a proposed ban on billboards on several highways.
By MARY GRZEBIENIAK
VINDICATOR CORRESPONDENT
HILLSVILLE, Pa. -- Mahoning Township supervisors want to meet with owners of a local mobile home park to see if they can help it to stay open, despite a shut-down order by the state Department of Environmental Protection.
They agreed Tuesday to contact owners of Woodview Estates on U.S. Route 224 to discuss options. They are hopeful a temporary solution can be found until sanitary sewers come to the area.
Supervisors learned before their meeting that the DEP has ordered the park closed because of a malfunctioning septic tank, which serves the 12 mobile homes there. Residents had gone to Lawrence County commissioners for help but were told to contact the township.
Supervisor Gary Pezzuolo said an engineering study is now under way for sanitary sewers, which are expected to be constructed in two years and would serve the area where the mobile home park is located.
Advertising restrictions
Also Tuesday, supervisors agreed to advertise a proposed ordinance to ban billboards on Pa. Route 551 in the township at the request of the Lawrence County Planning Department as part of the North County Trail Scenic Byways project.
The county planning department is participating in the national project and wants to forbid the outdoor advertising signs on local roads that are involved. Lawrence County roads included in the project are Pa. Routes 108, 208 and 551.
The trail would be part of a 4,600 mile scenic trail extending from eastern New York to North Dakota.
Supervisors also gave preliminary approval to a subdivision plan of an eight-lot development owned by Ronald McCartney on the south side of U.S. Route 224 east of Tony's Lounge. The project spans Mahoning and Union townships and supervisors agreed to meet with Union Township officials to work out an agreement on maintenance of the road to be built to serve the development.