Chadds Ford Township supervisors accepted the recommendation of the Historical and Architectural Review Board and granted a certificate of appropriateness for new signs at the Cattie Shack. There is still a bureaucratic hoop to jump, however.
After the board voted 3-0 in favor of the certificate, Code Enforcement Officer Richard Jensen told the applicant, Bill Bondarchuk, that he must still get approval from the Zoning Hearing Board.
Jensen said that the current relief was needed from the zoning board because the current signs, and the ones Bondarchuk wants to put up, don’t conform to code. Going from nonconforming to nonconforming requires consent from the zoning board, but Jensen said there should be no problem in getting the approval.
Once the new signs are up the Cattie Shack will also have a new name, the Old Wooden Market and Deli. Bondarchuk has been planning the name change for months and thought it would happen by late January.
Bondarchuk told the supervisors the signs would have a hardwood floor look and there would be no change in the dimensions or the lighting.
He said he will go before the zoning board in April.
Other business
• Jill Egan, president of the Chadds Ford Civic Association announced the launch of a program to benefit the Brandywine battlefield park. The program is entitled “4 the Love of the Battlefield.” The association is planning four separate fund-raising events for the park.
The events include a special luncheon to kickoff the campaign on April 17 at Outback Steakhouse, in Glen Mills, from noon to 2 p.m. The price is $50 per person. There will then be a golf outing on May 14 at Inniscrone Golf club in Avondale with an afternoon tee time scheduled. This includes lunch at the start and a dinner buffet at the end. Price is $100 per player.
A canoe trip along the Brandywine is planned for June 13 (with a rain date of June 27.) Starting time is 11:30 a.m. Price is $65 per canoe.
The final event is a Blue Rocks baseball game on Aug. 15 at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington at 1:35 p.m. Price is $20 per ticket. Proceeds from these events will go directly to help save the Brandywine Battlefield Park.
• Chadds Ford supervisors now have more formal seating for their meetings. The township is now the owner of a three-section council table. Township manager Joe Barakat said the township got the table for free from Newtown Township Bucks County. All the township had to pay, Barakat said, was $2,100 for moving the table and chairs.
About Rich Schwartzman
Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.
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