Banning vehicular parking on one side of a street to assist public works department snowplowing crews is under consideration in Salisbury Township.

A plan for restricted parking during snowplowing was discussed at the Nov. 25 Salisbury Township Board of Commissioners’ workshop. No action was taken since it was a workshop. The Nov. 25 commissioners’ meeting was canceled. Before the workshop, which began 7 p.m., commissioners held a 6 p.m. executive session.

“On a few streets in winter, we’re having trouble getting our trucks through,” Salisbury Township Director, Public Works Department, Jim Levernier said.

Under consideration by township commissioners is an ordinance that would limit parking to one side along certain streets, possibly from Nov. 30 through March. Signs would be placed along the streets.

“This is going to be a permanent thing,” Salisbury Township Manager Cathy Gorman said.

Levernier said he would consult with the Salisbury Township Police Department in choosing the streets.

“And I’ll talk to the guys who plow the streets,” Levernier said.

An ordinance for snowplowing parking restrictions is expected to be on the agenda of an upcoming commissioners’ meeting. Upon passage of the ordinance, it would require 60 days until it went into effect.

Also discussed during the workshop was the possible regulation of artificial intelligence data centers.

“It’s probably something we should address sooner than later,” Gorman said.

“Is a data center in Salisbury possible?” Commissioner Alex Karol asked.

“If you don’t have it in [your ordinance], they could put it anywhere,” Gorman said.

“Just to be on the safe side, so that we don’t open up for challenges,” Salisbury Township Planning & Zoning Officer and Floodplain Administrator Kerry Rabold said, in her supporting the regulation of data centers.

“Most of the industrial [zoned] land is built up,” Rabold said.

“The issues are the resources they [data centers] use,” Rabold said, referring to water and electricity use.

Salisbury Township Board of Commissioners’ President Debra J. Brinton asked about the use of utilities by data centers.

“They have to propose it to the utilities and for water,” Rabold replied.

“There’s also some other zoning uses that we might want to address,” Gorman said.

Rabold said another ordinance that needs to be looked at is that which regulates fast-food restaurants.

“We have the ordinance that fast-food restaurants can’t be more than 300 feet from each other,” Rabold said.

“My recommendation is to allow fast-food and convenience stores in C1 and C2 [zoning] for Cedar Crest, South Pike and sections along Susquehanna and Emmaus Avenue,” Rabold said.

“I think it would be good for the township to move ahead [with ordinance changes} rather than wait two years [for completion of the new township comprehensive plan],” Rabold said.

“We could use it for our tax base,” Commissioner Heather Lipkin said of new commercial enterprises.

“I think it’s time to think about acting on other income,” Commissioner Alok Patnaik said.

“I think our discussion [should be] ways we can get revenue,” Salisbury Township Director of Finance Paul Ziegenfus said.

Ziegenfus said there are no changes in the 2026 Salisbury Township budget, which is on the agenda for approval at the next commissioners’ meeting, 7 p.m. Dec. 11, in the meeting room of the municipal building, 2900 S. Pike Ave.

The December Salisbury Township municipal building meeting schedule includes: 7 p.m. Dec. 3, planning commission; 7 p.m. Dec. 10, zoning hearing board and 7 p.m. Dec. 17, environmental advisory council.