Royersford Holdings recently published “a section 108 notice” in the Pottstown Mercury. According to Gregory Heleniak, special counsel to Upper Providence Township, the description refers to the section of the Pennsylvania municipal planning code and is published to provide a 30-day window for anyone who wants to challenge the zoning amendment adopted by the Upper Providence Township supervisors in May that will allow for the alternative plan for the development of the 176.4-acre Parkhouse property to move forward. The July 11 notice is a way for the developers benefitting from the change to limit possible challenges by alleging the process by which it was adopted was flawed, Heleniak said. The current zoning would have allowed a minimum of 1,203 age-restricted housing units to be built. The text amendment to the zoning allows 600 mixed housing units, with 25% being age-restricted. As proposed, the project would have 44 single-family homes, estimated to cost about $1 million each, 153 age-restricted “carriage house” units from the upper $700,000s, 177 “front-loaded” townhomes, and 226 “rear-loaded” townhomes that will cost between $400,000 and $500,000. Heleniak said the plans shown during the zoning hearings were “conceptual” and the developers have not yet submitted anything formal to start the land development process. The site is one of the largest undeveloped properties in Montgomery County.
Source: Pottstown Mercury; 7/12/2024