It was two thumbs up for Hank’s Place as Chadds Ford Township supervisors granted approval Thursday for both the land development plan and the conditional use for the restaurant’s rebuild. Owners Anthony and Katie Young weren’t yet sure what or when their next move would be, but it will include the demolition of the current building that was destroyed in the Sept. 1, 2021, flooding from Hurricane Ida.
The Youngs needed conditional use approval because the township code requires that for outdoor dining.
Township solicitor Mike Maddren read a list of five conditions with which the Youngs must comply. Seating for the outdoor dining is limited to 32 seats only and the hours must not go beyond 7 p.m., which is the last seating for the restaurant as a whole. Additionally, all access to the outdoor deck dining area must be through the interior restaurant area, except for emergencies. The state Department of Labor and Industry will inspect the deck area for safe egress for people in wheelchairs in case of an emergency.
Additionally, a shared parking agreement with two other restaurants — Antica and Brandywine Prime — must be signed and recorded.
The land development phase, as previously reported, includes raising the restaurant out of the floodplain using pylons which will raise the building by nine feet. That new elevation necessitates larger and longer ramps to make the building ADA compliant.
There will also be changes to the ingress and egress to the property. The access along Route 1 will be limited to exit only. No more right turns into the parking lot directly from Route 1, but vehicles may exit there to go west.
Vehicles may still enter and exit along Creek Road, but there will be new striping and signage telling motorists not to block that access, something traffic engineer Nicole Kline called “Don’t block the box.”
Other business
• Following the two decisions regarding Hank’s Place, supervisors voted to approve the 2023 budget. The budget is balanced with revenue and expenses anticipated at $1.23 million. Township taxes will not increase.
The millage rates are 0.352 mils for the general fund, 0.0072 for the Rachel Kohl Library, 0.160 mills for open space, and 0.062 mills for fire hydrant districts. (A mil is a tax of $1 for every $1,000 of assessed property value.)
• Township supervisors' meetings will start 30 minutes earlier in 2023. The new start times will be 6:30 p.m. for Chadds Ford Board of Supervisors' meetings, except for the Jan. 3 re-organization meeting, which will be at 5:30 p.m.
(3 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5)
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