233 Miller Road Rochester, PA 15074
724-774-7822 | secretary@newsewickley.com
Hours | 7am – 3pm
233 Miller Road Rochester, PA 15074
724-774-7822 | secretary@newsewickley.com
Hours | 8am – 4pm
Whether you have lived in New Sewickley Township for years or have recently moved into our lovely township there are various things to know about the township and how you get things done as a resident. This page covers the basics such finding your polling location for elections, the township Strategic & Comprehensive Plans and how you arrange for trash service.
In addition you can find maps of the township, links to various forms you may need and other information. Use the arrows in front of each heading to expand or collapse each section.
If you are looking for a form and do not find it here please click this link to go to the Forms Page
View or download the Township Schedule of Fees 2026. Please click on the PDF logo. Link will open in a new tab
New Sewickley township has three polling locations. Your polling location is based upon your address. Polling location addresses are as follows:
Big Knob Fire Hall
1229 Route 989
Rochester, PA 15074
Big Knob Grange
336 Grange Road
Rochester, PA 1507
Unionville United Methodist Church
1297 Route 68
Rochester, PA 15074.
View or download copies of township maps. Clicking on the thumbnail image below will open the map in a new tab. Please note these maps are quite large. You can use the download arrow in Adobe Acrobat to download your own copy
Learn about the process and download forms for residential and commercial building permits within the township.
When submitting a Building Application, an application for Small Development Stormwater Management Plan must be filled out as well.
Please fill out both the township building/zoning application and the MDIA permit application. Please follow the detailed instructions you will find on the Forms page.
Please Note that this process is currently being streamlined to enable you to apply for permits online. We are expecting to have the new process ready for use August/September of this year. These pages will be updated and we will make an announcement on our Announcements page when the change has been initiated.
Apart from forms for building and zoning there are other forms residents may need to fill out including Do Not Knock and Parking Placard Applications. Use the links below to access those forms or click this link to go to the Main Forms Page
New Sewickley Township does not have a contract with any specific garbage hauler. Residents wishing to receive garbage service are advised to contact any local garbage haulers providing services within the municipal boundaries of New Sewickley Township and enter into a contract with the company of their choice. Listed below are two companies that service New Sewickley Township.
Valley Waste Services
724-775-6665
Joseph J. Brunner, Inc.
724-843-9373
Valley Waste Services
Joseph J. Brunner, Inc.
724-775-6665
724-843-9373
New Sewickley Township has been fortunate each year to receive a grant under Act 101 for our recycling program. The amount varies each year depending on the volume of tonnage reported from the refuse haulers. Amounts have ranged from $8,000.00 to approximately $14,000.00.
It has been brought to the Township’s attention that there are additional grants available for a considerable amount of funding. However, to be eligible to receive a grant, DEP said that the Township needed to make changes to our Burning Ordinance.
On July 11, 2017, upon the recommendation of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the Board of Supervisors amended the Township Burning Ordinance to include the following.
Residents are no longer permitted to burn any materials that the Township recycles, such as paper or cardboard. (Recycling bins are located in the Municipal Parking Lot)
Days of burning have been limited to Thursday, Friday and Saturday. (Recreational fires for cookouts are permitted at all times).
You are no longer permitted to burn leaves, branches or grass clippings. (The Township has made available a designated area at the municipal building for Township residents to bring their leaves, branches and grass clippings).
Review copies of the Comprehensive & Strategic Plan and understand their role in how the township will grow in coming years.
A comprehensive plan is a document that is designed to state basic policies and to guide future growth and development of the community. It carries no weight of law, but it can assist decision makers. It contains no rules or regulations, but it serves as a basis for any land use provisions enacted by New Sewickley Township. It is broad in scope, examining the physical, social and economic characteristics that combine to make New Sewickley Township what it is today, and it seeks to apply this knowledge to the future. It speaks to various issues in general terms, but it can also make specific recommendations. Basically, the comprehensive plan is, in part, a factual report that examines how the past has led to the present, as well as a report that can be used to chart the community’s path into the future.
The comprehensive plan is an official statement setting forth basic policies concerning physical development and social and economic goals. It is typically of a general nature, with both short-term and long-range goals in its recommendations, and considers all factors affecting growth and development. While some view its function as a general guide or framework for the future growth and development of a municipality, the use of specific proposals have more utility. The comprehensive plan has several uses:
To Read the 2023 Comprehensive Plan Update, Click Here
The financial management of resources is one of local government’s most
fundamental responsibilities. A municipality’s annual budget establishes its legal
authority for incurring costs and paying for expenses throughout the year. It
establishes control over how money is collected and spent and reflects the
government’s priorities. Many governments turn to short-term fixes, such as debt
financing and one-time revenue sources (e.g., grants, government aid, interfund
transfers) to address an underlying imbalance between revenues and expenditures in
any given year. If not managed carefully, these short-term fixes can turn into long-term structural deficits that cripple local government operations. Structural deficits
result when there is an underlying imbalance between revenues and expenditures
that continues over multiple fiscal periods.
The Commonwealth’s Strategic Management Planning Program (STMP) helps local
governments improve their operating efficiencies in order to avoid long-term
structural deficits that could ultimately result in a formal declaration of distress. The
STMP guidelines require a six-step planning process designed to assess a
municipality’s baseline financial condition, evaluate the operations of each municipal
department, establish institutional priorities, and recommend strategies for stabilizing the local tax base. The six-step planning process is outlined below:
Step 1: Financial Condition Assessment
Step 2: Financial Trend Analysis
Step 3: Management Audit/Review
Step 4: Multi-Year Plan Adoption
Step 5: Multi-Year Plan Implementation
As part of the STMP process, the Commonwealth expects local governments to include their elected officials, key staff, and residents in the process in order to ensure the successful implementation of the recommendations contained in the STMP Plan.
To read the strategic plan documents click on the links below
