By TOM KANE

DAMASCUS - For the second time in two months, the Damascus Township Board of Supervisors postponed approval of an ordinance against junkyards.

"There will be a short delay to make sure the ordinance is in exact language," said Supervisor William Gager. "The ordinance didn't have some facts right. We will be looking into a couple of minor changes," he explained.

The board held a public hearing on the proposed ordinance last Monday evening before the Supervisors' meeting. At this meeting, objections were presented by some garage owners against some of the language in the ordinance.

"We're going to pass this soon," said Supervisor Stan Kuta.

Last month, several residents spoke of the need for a junkyard ordinance in the town. "I've been asking for this ordinance for 19 years," said Anne Kwitchoff. "Many houses have junkyards behind them and people have old abandoned cars on their property and others think they can dump garbage in an empty lot," Kwitchoff said.

"This is coming up at our next meeting," Gager said.

In other business, the board sent back to the planning board a request by Princeton Towers to erect a cell tower in the hamlet of Lookout. The board will hear the comments of neighbors of the project next month.

The board also tentatively scheduled a special meeting of all the volunteer fire companies in the town to discuss jurisdictional matters for June 29 at 7:00 p.m. in the town hall.

The board approved raising the application fee for a zoning variance to $200 up from $40. Board members felt the town was losing money because it cost far more to conduct the variance process than the lower fee. The fee schedule will be in effect on a six-month trial basis.