Covington Township, Lackawanna County

The zoning hearing board will hold their annual reorganization meeting on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 6:00 pm. The agenda for this meeting can be found under the meeting documents, meeting agendas tab.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Hearing Board of Covington Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania at 6:45 p.m. on February 10, 2026 at the Covington Township Building, 20 Moffat Drive, Covington Township, PA  18444 for the purpose of receiving evidence and hearing testimony concerning the Application for an Appeal of Zoning Officer’s Decision and in the alternative a Variance for the use of a “Bus Terminal” by the Applicant H.E. Rohrer, LLC d/b/a Rohrer Bus Services on the real property owned by the Descipio Irrevocable Trust  and Anthony J. Descipio, Sr., located at 1200 Drinker Turnpike  (Covington Township) Covington, PA 18444 with Tax Parcel No. 1980-402-001001. At issue are the requests for relief under the Covington Township Zoning Ordinance sections 404.4 titled “R-2-High Density Residential District”, Article III-Definitions “Bus Terminal”, “Vehicles”, “Vehicle and Equipment Sales Operation”, “Vehicle or Equipment Repair Operations”, 507.6-“Changes of Nonconforming Uses”, 507.7 “Extension of Nonconforming Uses” and 608.3-“Variances”. The property is located in a R-2-High Density Residential District of the Covington Township Zoning Ordinance

If you have any objection to said requests for relief, you should be present at said time and place as stated above to make your objection known to the Zoning Hearing Board or be represented by an attorney at that hearing.

The agenda for this meeting can be found under the Meeting Documents, Meeting agendas, 2025 meeting agendas tab.

The agenda for this meeting can be found under the meeting documents tab; meeting agendas; 2025 meeting agendas tab.

Agenda for this work session can be found under the Meeting Documents; Meeting Agendas; 2025 Meeting Agendas tab

The agenda for this monthly meeting can be found under the meeting documents, meeting agendas, 2025 meeting agendas tab.