Upper Providence supervisors voted 4-1 to adopt a zoning amendment that will allow for the alternative plan for the development of the Parkhouse property to move forward. The 176.5-acre property is adjacent to the Parkhouse Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. It is one of the largest undeveloped properties in the county. The current zoning on the property would have allowed a minimum of 1,203 age-restricted housing units to be built. The alternative, a proposed text amendment to the zoning, would allow 600 mixed housing units, 25% of which would be age-restricted. After talks with township officials, developer Gary Berman submitted a written covenant that reduced the number of housing units to “no more than” 585 housing units and 80 acres of contiguous open space. Supervisors voted to adopt the zoning amendment at the end of a special three-hour meeting during which more than 20 people — most in opposition — spoke.
Source: Pottstown Mercury; 5/31/2024