Pennsbury Township supervisors made quick work of a short agenda Wednesday night. They granted conditional use approval for a coffee shop on Ponds Edge Drive and authorized the township engineer to start looking for a company to repair a sinkhole in the Chadds Ford Knolls.
The conditional use hearing was held on Sept. 18 for FRU Property Management and Little Brothers Coffee Roasters. They propose a coffee shop for 4 Ponds Edge Drive.
Solicitor Tom Oeste read the hearing decision, saying there are several conditions.
Approval was given for a drive-thru, but that drive-thru is for the coffee shop only and there may be no additional off-street parking. The applicant must also provide evidence that the coffee shop can be served by “adequate” public water and install whatever modifications are necessary to provide that service. Additionally, there shall be no direct vehicular ingress or egress to and from Route 1.
Oeste also said no signage has been approved, but any proposed signage must meet the township code. Also, allotted parking spaces must be restriped.
The vote to approve was 2-0. Supervisors’ Chair Aaron McIntyre didn’t vote on the matter because he was not at the hearing.
The board also gave engineer Matt Houtman the go-ahead to start the process of soliciting bids to fix a sinkhole at a small bridge on Constitution Drive in the Knolls.
Houtman said the bridge looks fine, “but the footing for the abutment has been undermined.”
He said there isn’t a concern about a car’s tires getting caught in the hole, but it could be a hazard for pedestrians.
“The soil underneath the footing has been undermined to the point where it’s completely under the footing so, the soil which is being retained by the abutment wall is falling into that void and is being washed away. That needs to be corrected sooner rather than later,” Houtman said.
However, during further discussion, Houtman said it would still be a couple of months before work could start. He said it would take about three weeks for him to get the bid documents together, and then potential bidders would need another three to four weeks to analyze and get their bids in.
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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