Hovnanian Enterprises wants to build townhouses along Brandywine Drive and that development could bring some extra revenue to Chadds Ford Township.
Bob Rosenthal, representing Hovnanian, gave an overview of a development proposed for land on the northwest section of the loop road near the Hannum’s Harley Davidson dealership. Plans call for 124 town homes on 20 acres.
Rosenthal said there would be walking trails, but no clubhouse or pool. The development is not projected to be an “over-55” community.
Entrance to the property would be on Brandywine Drive, not directly from Baltimore Pike, he said. An access to the Village at Painters Crossing Shopping Center is planned and a 45,000-gallon per day sewage system would be built on the property.
Resident Lou Dickinson wanted to know how the development would impact the southwest portion of the loop road. Mark Eisenhardt, from Henderson Group, said that the existing intersection on Baltimore Pike was designed to anticipate full development of the land in the proposal.
Township Supervisors’ Chairman Thorpe said that, with the completion of the Toll Bros. development, the township is looking for other sources of revenue.
A comment from former township Tax Collector Bruce Prabel was that residential development of the property would generate more tax revenue than would commercial development.
The property is currently zoned PBC, planned business center, so a zoning change would be needed before approval can be given. The plans also have to be reviewed by the Planning Commission before it goes to the supervisors for their vote.
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