PLANNING
COMMISSION MINUTES
The
Planning Commission of Chadds Ford Township met in the Township Hall on
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting
was called to order at
PUBLIC COMMENT
There was no public comment.
MINUTES
With regard
to Stone Brook III, Mr. Reiter commented that our Ordinances state that all 12
inch or larger trees that are to be removed must be noted on the plan. Code Enforcement Officer Richard Jensen
informed him that he has already discussed this with Mr. McLaughlin and the
revised plan will note all 12 inch or larger trees to be removed. The Planning Commission motioned and approved
(Reiter/Todd) the Minutes of the first part of this meeting held on
CHADDS FORD BUSINESS
CAMPUS – Lots 10, 11 and 12 (
Representing
this Applicant were Donald T. Petrosa, Esquire, who
explained that these revised plans are to accommodate the access road (Road A) for
the Toll Brothers Camp Sunset Hill project which will be entirely on
Signage will be located on both sides of the entrance to Road A; however, only one side will be lettered, the other is decorative.
With regard to Kelly Engineers’
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Chadds Ford Business Campus – Lots 10,
11 and 12 (
The Planning Commission (Todd/Reiter) recommended that the
Board of Supervisors approve the amendments to plans for Lots 10, 11 and 12
pending resolution of the engineering details in Kelly Engineers’
TOLL BROTHERS –
Camp Sunset Hill
Representing Toll Brothers were Susan Boswell, Esquire, and
Jim Takas of Eastern States Engineering. Toll Brothers is proposing to develop the
former 171-acre Girl Scout Camp Sunset Hill property, including 120 lots for
single-family dwellings and approximately 71 acres of open space. Tentative PRD approval was granted by the
Board of Supervisors in June 2004.
Access will be off
Mr. Jensen mentioned that grading and de-vegetation of buffer areas for grading and drainage will need to be replanted.
Because the
Signage that was approved by the Zoning Hearing Board has been shown to the Board of Supervisors in order to determine that they were comfortable with this decision.
Mr. Reiter asked for clarification of the Delaware County Planning Commission’s comment regarding open space. Ms. Boswell explained that the open space lots have been labeled with lot numbers.
John Snook (Brandywine Conservancy) stated that the majority of the mature growth is in the designated open space area. He also encouraged the Township to consider any modification of storm water regulations to further allow Toll Brothers to diminish size of basins and reduce the flow on Harvey Run. He recognizes that Toll Brothers has agreed to do all they can do with the regulations.
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Toll Brothers – Camp Sunset Hill (cont.)
Ms. Boswell led the discussion of the outstanding items in
Kelly Engineers’
Ms. Boswell responded to Mr. Todd’s question that all roads
within this development will be private and will not be accepted by the
Township. In response to Mr. Taylor’s
question, Mr. Takas advised that Chester Water
Authority will own the fire hydrants and water lines. Internal sewer lines will be owned by the
Bruce Prabel asked if construction traffic will only be
permitted to use Road A. Ms. Boswell
confirmed that all construction traffic will use only Road A. Mr. Jensen advised that the demolition
contractors will be using the
In response to Mr. Reiter’s earlier question, and Delaware
County Planning Department’s comment, Mr. Todd felt that this plan should have
a notation showing “future access to Township open space” for
BALTIMORE PIKE OVERLAY
DISTRICT
At the direction of the Board of Supervisors, Thomas Comitta has prepared proposed ordinance amendments which have been passed on to the Board of Supervisors and the Delaware County Planning Department for review. The Baltimore Pike feasibility study of December 2002, adopted in 2003, had a Resolution with a map. The map showed boundaries of the study area as an actual dimension from the center line of Baltimore Pike, but did not follow property boundaries on either the north or south. The two proposed maps do follow property boundaries; one uses the boundary furthest from Route 1 and the other uses the boundary the least distance from Route 1 without dissecting a property. Mr. Reiter commented that he felt there would be opposition to this revision because of the expansion of property involved and the restrictions that are imposed on the properties within these boundaries.
Mr. Reiter questioned the wording and requirement for berms. He felt it would be understandable along Route 1, but not for all of the properties included in this district. Mr. Comitta will revise to read “may be required.”
Because we do not have a sidewalk system within the Township, Mr. Todd felt that the wording “sidewalks and paths shall be provided” was fairly strict. Mr. Comitta will revise to read “sidewalks and paths shall be provided to promote pedestrian accessibility when directed by the Board of Supervisors.”
Mr. Todd stated that if we are trying to encourage discreet development of the corridor, he felt we were being too restrictive if we exclude 100% of steep slopes, wetlands, etc. for lot area, he felt 50% was sufficient.
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Baltimore Pike Overlay District (cont.)
Resident Bruce Prabel expressed concern about the devaluation of properties included in this district.
Mr. Matson will confirm the accuracy of the maps being considered.
Mr. Comitta will revise this ordinance to include, in the net area, 50% of slopes 25% or greater and both maps will be included for the Board of Supervisors’ consideration.
ADJOURNMENT
The
Planning Commission motioned and seconded (Todd/Reiter) to adjourn at
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Gail
G. Force, Secretary