West Donegal Township

06/12/2026

COUNTY PROPERTY VLAUE REASSESSMENT:
Lancaster County has completed their property value reassessment with notices being mailed to property owners early next week (June 15th). The county goes through this process every 8 years. The new values will take effect in January of 2027. Please note that the township has no input or role in the assessment process. Please see the photos with this post for more information.

06/12/2026

Rain is on the way.

Capture some of that water and use it to water your garden, flowers or lawn with a 50-gallon Ivy rain barrel and offset your quarterly water bill.

Barrels are available for purchase at $95.00 per barrel in our office located at 211 W. Hummelstown St, Elizabethtown. Methods of payment via check or cash during office hours (Monday – Friday, 7:30 am – 4:00 pm). A rain barrel is on display in our lobby.

06/12/2026

UPDATE: Our telecom services have been restored.

The township is currently without phone and email service as there appears to be an Internet access outage somewhere in the vicinity of the township office building. If you are trying to contact us please try again later.

06/09/2026

YARD WASTE BAG RULES REFRESHER, PART II:
Folks, after this week’s collection, it appears that we still need to do a refresher course on the rules for the use of yard waste bags. There were multiple bags that caused problems again this week.
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU MAY NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES USE YARD WASTE BAGS TO DISPOSE OF GRASS CLIPPINGS, EXCESS DIRT OR SOIL.
This causes problems for the composting center in Columbia where the township pays a tipping fee to dispose of our yard waste. While we have a good relationship with Columbia and they beginning to complain about receiving materials that they cannot compost. There are very few options open to the township for disposal of yard waste. We CANNOT afford to lose Columbia as a disposal option.
Please do your part to help us keep this service intact and functioning correctly. Thanks!

06/04/2026

06/03/2026

Recently there have been some questions regarding the legality of riding certain electrically power vehicles on public roadways. Hopefully the chart below from PennDOT will help. Please note that dedicated streets within housing developments are public roadways.

06/03/2026

ROAD CLOSURE NOTICE:
Bossler Road will be closed from Hess Road to Zeager Road beginning on Saturday, June 6th, through Monday, June 8th. If your regular travels take you through this area, please find another route.
The closure is for the reconstruction of the Elizabethtown Industrial Railroad's grade level crossing, located just north of the Amtrak overpass bridge. The work is being completed by the EIR's contractor.
This is a full road closure. No through traffic will be permitted. As with any road project, weather could be a factor and the closure could be extended if adverse weather delays the work.

06/03/2026

ZONING HEARING BOARD MEETING CHANGE:
The zoning hearing board meeting scheduled for this evening, June 3rd has been postponed until August 5th.

06/02/2026

FYI

05/28/2026

YARD WASTE BAG RULES REFRESHER:
Folks, after this week’s collection, it appears that we need to do a refresher course on the rules for the use of yard waste bags. There were multiple bags that caused problems this week.
Please note that the following items MAY NOT be placed in yard waste bags:
1. Grass clippings from your yard (consider mulching instead of bagging).
2. Dirt and soil (remove as much as possible from root clusters).
3. Regular trash of any kind even if you think it might biodegrade.
All the items above cause problems for the composting center in Columbia where the township pays a tipping fee to dispose of our yard waste. While we have a good relationship with Columbia and they have not made a big issue to date, there are few options open to the township for disposal of yard waste if we should lose Columbia as a disposal option.
Please do your part to help us keep this service intact and functioning correctly. Thanks!