Chadds Ford Township supervisors adopted a new zoning ordinance and map. Supervisors Chair Samantha Reiner said it was a 10-year process that began with the township creating a task force to examine and streamline the zoning code in 2014. The new code combines several zoning districts into one and creates another district. Previously, there were two separate districts for apartments (RA) and multi-family dwellings (RM). The two are now combined into R-MA. The new code also established a new Cultural Campus (CC) District. Several properties owned by the Brandywine Conservancy had been under different districts, and now they are all in the CC District. Solicitor Mike Maddren added that the new code “will not affect anyone’s use of their house.” The township solicitor said the Historic Overlay District is designed to protect properties that are historically significant, but homeowners in the district will still be able to make changes as long as the changes can’t be seen from a public street, otherwise they’ll need to go through a review process. Read more here.
Source: Chadds Ford Live; 6/5/2024