There’s going to be at least one more fireworks display before summer ends next month. Birmingham Township Supervisors Monday night approved a fireworks display for Radley Run Country Club. According to Police Chief Tom Nelling, the show is scheduled for 8:50 p.m. on Sept. 2 and is expected to last about 30 minutes. Nelling added that he and firefighting equipment ...
Birmingham Township supervisors Monday night received an update on a proposed multiuse development for a property at Route 202 and Penn Oaks Drive, but it may take a few more months before supervisors give their approval. Attorney Alyson Zarro said her client, Allied Properties, wants to build a three-story, 31,300-square-foot building on the 2.9-acre site. She ...
Birmingham Township supervisors continue their work on amending a portion of the township’s zoning code dealing with historic preservation. Supervisors’ Vice Chairman Mike Shiring said the Board of Supervisors, the Historical Commission, and the township solicitor have been working on it since last June and there’s still more to do. Shiring, who presided over the ...
Birmingham Township supervisors made two appointments and acted on three Historic and Architectural Review Board recommendations during the April 3 meeting. One of those HARB recommendations dovetailed with a report from the township’s Historical Commission. Former Supervisor Bill Kirkpatrick was appointed a Zoning Hearing Board alternate to serve through 2025. ...
The Brandywine Battlefield Heritage Interpretation and Connectivity Plan is one step closer to becoming a reality after Birmingham Township supervisors voted formally to enter into the agreement. Supervisors voted on the matter during their Feb. 6 meeting. The plan, as written by the Brandywine Conservancy “is to produce a multi-municipal plan focused on interpreting ...
As anticipated, the Birmingham Township Board of Supervisors Monday night approved the 2023 budget with no tax increase. Supervisors’ Chairman Scott Boorse said it’s at least the 14th consecutive year without a tax increase. The budget calls for anticipated revenue and expenses to be $2.33 million with a millage rate of 1.6 mils. (A mil is a tax of $1 for every ...
Birmingham Township Board of Supervisors Monday night authorized advertising of the 2023 budget. Supervisors are scheduled to vote on the spending bill during their Dec. 5 meeting. While there was no lengthy discussion on the budget, Supervisors Chairman Scott Boorse said there would be no tax increase. The millage rate would remain at 1.6 mils. (A mil is a tax of $1 ...
Birmingham Township Supervisors Tuesday night suggested an applicant find another location in the township for what he wants to do. Panos Kollas, representing what he called a public benefit corporation, was asking supervisors to rezone a residential property at 1245 Creek Road for commercial use by a PBC. (According to ...
Birmingham Township supervisors made quick work of a short agenda Monday night. With Supervisors’ Vice Chairman Mike Shiring on vacation, Chairman Scott Boorse and Supervisor Dan Hill voted to give the go-ahead for the renovation of an historical house at the Brandywine Picnic Park that was damaged by last September’s flooding. Boorse said the Historical Commission ...
A possible change to Birmingham Township’s Historical Commission ordinance brought a packed house to the Board of Supervisors’ June 6 meeting. Residents expressed a variety of concerns, most notably the fear that a change would leave historic resources unprotected Other concerns included not being able to find the proposed ordinance on the township’s website, and ...
Radley Run Country Club in Birmingham Township wants to do some expanding within its property. The club is looking to construct a new 8,000 square foot building and add 50 new parking spaces. But there will be no decision on the matter from the township Board of Supervisors before December. The new building would be two stories high with 4,000 square feet per ...
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