Upper Bern Township Board of Supervisors

Chairperson: G. Thomas Grim
Vice-Chairperson: Aurthur Lambert
Supervisor: Mike Fisher

Board of Supervisors Agenda

Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores, Inc. Conditional Use Hearing for October 23, 2025

Meeting Dates

Supervisor Meeting Location: Upper Bern Township 25 North 5th Street Shartlesville, PA 19554.

Re-Organization Monday, January 6, 2025, at 9am - Election of Officers

February 13, 2025 -9am
March 13, 2025 - 6pm
April 10, 2025 - 9am
May 8, 2025 - 6pm
June 12, 2025 - 9am
July 10, 2025 - 6pm
August 21, 2025 - 9am/and Public Hearing for Ag Security
September 11, 2025 - 6pm
October 9, 2025 - 9am/and Budget workshop
November 13, 2025 - 6pm
December 11, 2025 - 9am

--Hearing Date: October 23, 2025, at 5PM.NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Supervisors of Upper Bern Township will hold a public conditional use hearing at the Shartlesville Fire Company building located at 5637 Old Route 22, Shartlesville, PA at 5:00 p.m. on October 23, 2025, for Applicant: Chad Bruner – Love’s Travel Shops & Country Stores, Inc.; Owner: Helen Gingrich; Property: 218 Forge Dam Road, Hamburg, Upper Bern Township, Berks County, PA, Tax Parcel 28445311565209 & 28445311560311. Applicant seeks a conditional use to operate an accessory use of an auto service station (tire shop) at the property located in the HC Highway Commercial Zoning District. The application and related materials submitted may be examined at the Upper Bern Township Building, 25 North 5^th Street, Shartlesville, PA 19554.

--Upper Bern Township will hold a budget workshop in conjunction with the Board of Supervisors meeting on October 09, 2025, at 9:00 AM.

Any person with a disability requiring special accommodations to attend a meeting should notify the Township Secretary at 610-488-1191 prior to the meeting. The Township will make an effort to provide reasonable accommodations.

Love’s Travel Shops & Country Store Conditional Use Hearing October 23, 2025 at 5 PM

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Supervisors of Upper Bern Township will hold a public conditional use hearing at the Shartlesville Fire Company building located at 5637 Old Route 22, Shartlesville, PA at 5:00 p.m. on October 23, 2025, for Applicant: Chad Bruner – Love’s Travel Shops & Country Stores, Inc.; Owner: Helen Gingrich; Property: 218 Forge Dam Road, Hamburg, Upper Bern Township, Berks County, PA, Tax Parcel 28445311565209 & 28445311560311. Applicant seeks a conditional use to operate an accessory use of an auto service station (tire shop) at the property located in the HC Highway Commercial Zoning District. The application and related materials submitted may be examined at the Upper Bern Township Building, 25 North 5^th Street, Shartlesville, PA 19554.