ATLAS - The amount of time Mount Carmel Township residents have to cut their grass if it gets too high is about to get shorter.
Township supervisors voted Wednesday to advertise an ordinance amendment which reduces the time limit for compliance to notices for cutting grass and weeds from 10 days to three.
"The reason we wanted to change it is that if you get a notice to cut your grass, and you have 10 days to cut it, imagine how much higher the grass can get before they are cited if they don't mow it," supervisor Reynold Scicchitano said.
Any extension to the time limit will be made at the discretion of the code enforcement officer.
Another ordinance that will be advertised will make Fern Street in Atlas between Route 61 and Girard Street a one-way street going south off of Route 61, affecting one block of Fern.
"This is something that should have been changed years ago," board chairman Charles Gasperetti said, "because of the steepness of the hill. We have seen people spin their tires going onto Route 61 and with the sun shining, you can't see anything."
Both ordinances were approved on a 3-0 vote with Gasperetti, Scicchitano and Joseph Zanella voting yes.
In other business, the board approved the installation of a new rubber roof on the township garage. To save on costs, township workers will do the labor.
A low quote of $12,443.82 was accepted for the installation of a new pump at the International Paper pump station.
Permission was granted for the Mount Carmel Fireworks Committee to set off fireworks on Saturday, July 6, from the Mid-Valley Mountain. Rain date for the fireworks is Sunday, July 7, and all documentation and insurance documents were submitted to the township.
In announcements made at the meeting, Scicchitano praised township Police Chief Brian Hollenbush and all emergency rescue personnel and volunteers for their work in the search for Mackenzie Greco, of Marion Heights, who went missing on Monday and was found Wednesday afternoon.
A letter was received from the Jewish Community Foundation expressing appreciation for the township's maintenance of the road in front of the Jewish Cemetery, where several potholes were recently repaired.
A representative of Congressman Lou Barletta's office will be at the township office from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, July 9, for community outreach.