NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors of Greenwich Township, Berks County, PA will deliverate and vote upon enactment of an Ordinance at its meeting on Monday, June 1, 2026 at 7:30p.m. held in the Township's Municipal Office, 775 Old Route 22, Lenhartsville, PA 19534. The Ordinance is titled and summarized as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF GREENWICH TOWNSHIP, BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA REGULATING FALSE ALARMS BY: ESTABLISHING CRITERIA FOR PERSONS SUBJECT TO THE ORDINANCE AND CIRCUMSTANCES CONSTITUTING A FALSE ALARM; SETTING FORTH PENALTIES FOR ONE OR MORE FALSE ALARMS WITHIN ANY ROLLING TWELVE MONTH PERIOD; AND REQUIRING ANNUAL INSPECTIONS AND THE REMEDIATION OF ANY CAUSE PROMPTING A FALSE ALARM.
Any property owner having a commercial or industrial use with an automatic fire alarm system is subject to the Ordinance, which penalizes one in the amount of $300.00, $500.00, $750.00, and $1,000.00 for a second, third, fourth and fifth or more instances of a false alarm, respectively, within any rolling twelve-month period.
A copy of the full text of the Ordinance is available
HERE .
PUBLIC PLANS DISPLAY NOTICE
PENNDOT ENGINEERING DISTRICT 5-0
SR 4028 (OLD ROUTE 22)
Bridge Replacement over Tributary to Maiden Creek
Greenwich Township, Berks County
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 5-0 invites you to view the public plans display for the SR 4028 (Old Route 22) bridge replacement over an Unnamed Tributary to Maiden Creek. The project is located in Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, between Chestnut Street and Dreibelbis Station Road. The project is required to replace the bridge over Tributary to Maiden Creek while improving safety for the traveling public. It is anticipated that the bridge will be reduced to one lane controlled by temporary signals during construction. A detour of Dreibelbis Station Road is also planned during construction since it will be closed at the intersection with SR 4028 (Old Route 22). A virtual public plans display will be posted on PennDOT District 5 Projects website starting on December 08, 2025. To access virtual public display plans visit penndot.pa.gov/district5 and click “the View District 5 Projects” button. Information on the project status, proposed design, potential impacts, and construction detours will be presented. If you have any questions about this project, please contact:
Stefan Eskesen, PE
Consultant Project Manager
PA Department of Transportation
Engineering District 5-0
1002 Hamilton Street
Allentown, PA 18101
(610) 417-0661 or c-seskesen@pa.gov
Planning on repaving your driveway? Permit is required. To avoid violation fees, please call the Township Office for the required paperwork. Repave permit is $50.00 and includes inspection both before and after.
Greenwhich Township announces that they will no longer allow dumping of any kind at the Municipal Building. This includes Branches, Brush and Trees. Due to residents dumping bricks, rocks, railroad ties, tarps, chains, trash, plastic ect. Residents may still pick up wood chippings when available if they have the means to load them. Berks Soil and Stone accepts brush and small branches, they are located at 1 Bellemans Church Rd., Leesport PA 484-277-7901. Please call them directly for more information.
Important Message from our Road Crew! When a tree is down AND BLOCKING a roadway and you are having trouble contacting the Municipal Office please call 911. They have the ability to contact the emergency phone numbers to get the tree removed. Thank you !
The Township of Greenwich has adopted a new ordinance at its regular meeting on Monday, October 1,2018, regulating the parking of vehicles on all public roads owned and maintained by the Township during snow and ice emergencies. Ordinance states that there will be no parking on any Township road or State road maintained by the Township during a snow emergency. Violators will be subject to fines and vihicle towing. Snow Emergency will be called when at least one Board of Supervisors Member and the Road Master are in agreement conditions call for it. Snow Emergencies will be broadcasted by both Radio and Television and when possible will be available here,on the Township website.