Back to the drawing board for Audi

While members of the Chadds Ford Zoning Hearing Board might have been inclined to give an applicant most of what it wanted, it’s back to the drawing board for Audi.

As previously reported, Romill Associates wants to open an Audi auto dealership — West Chester Audi — along Route 202 between Mr. Mulch and the Wawa at Dilworthtown Road. The property is mostly in Chadds Ford Township, but about one third is in Thornbury Township, Delaware County.

The applicant presented its initial case in December, but came back on Jan. 15 hoping to wrap things ups and get the requested variances. However, Zoning Hearing Board Chairman Bob Reardon told Larry Strohm, the applicant’s attorney, to come back in February with a new plan that addresses the issue most bothersome to the township, that being the amount of signage Audi wants to have.

Chadds Ford code allows no more than 20 square feet of signage without a variance. Audi was seeking 256 square feet of signage, including three logo signs — Audi’s four-ring logo —that are each 64 square feet. Reardon told Strohm to return with a new plan showing no more than 190 square feet worth of signage.

The application also requested variances for front and rear yard setbacks, rear yard buffers and landscaping, off street loading and parking requirements. It also calls for a variance an extra 2.9 percent of impervious coverage than the township allows.

The rear yard and parking variances are sought because the backside of the property, the east side, is in Thornbury Township where there will be other variances needed.

Other business

Reardon said he anticipates a decision in the Stonebridge Mansion case in February. A representative for the homeowners presented their facts and findings of law to the board during the Jan. 15 session and the township solicitor is expected to present his on Jan. 17. The board will then have up to 45 days to announce its decision.

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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