According to Nicola Barnabei, there are plenty of business properties in residential zoning districts along Route 1 in Chadds Ford Township. Barnabei testified to that during the second zoning hearing session in her request for approval to rent out Stonebridge Mansion for special events. She and her husband Drew own the property — a 25-room mansion on almost 5 acres. There is also a second…
The proposed overlay district for a swath of Chadds Ford Township from north of Route 1 to south of Hillman Drive is on hold with no timetable of being resurrected. However, proposals for a YMCA and a 120-townhouse development in that area remain in play. Chadds Ford Township Planning Commission Chairman Craig Huffman made the announcement during a commission meeting on Aug. 19. “Supervisors are…
It began as a fight to save some trees. Maybe it was a draw. Chadds Ford Township wants to remove several tulip poplar trees from the property of Robert Craig. The trees are in the right of way along Oakland Road between Harvey and Webb roads. The reason for cutting down the trees is that the township wants to improve roadway drainage. To do that,…
Judy Lizza, is no longer the interim township manager for Chadds Ford Township. Remove the word interim. She is now the permanent manager. Supervisor Deborah Love made the announcement via e-mail on July 27, saying Lizza was one of 25 applicants for the position. “In the passed six months as interim she has fulfilled her professional duties successfully and helped to improve our township,” Love…
The owners of Stonebridge Mansion are saying Chadds Ford Township is improperly denying them full use of their property and have gone to the Zoning Hearing Board seeking relief. The township is contesting that position. Stonebridge is the large property on the west side of Webb Road at the intersection of Route 1. It’s in the R-1 residential zoning district, but carries with it conditional…
A possible overlay ordinance that would allow for mixed use in 100 acres along Route 202 is being viewed with apprehension. Developers want it, residents don’t. It’s the Neighborhood Commercial Overlay Ordinance, formerly referred to as the Loop Road Overlay, and it’s needed to allow two proposed developments. One is a YMCA at Hillman and Christy drives in the Henderson business campus and the other,…
It may not be a lot, but sewer rates are about to drop in Chadds Ford Township. The Sewer Authority, in a special June 18 meeting, voted on the rate change effective July 1. The rate for a single-family dwelling will drop to $195 per quarter, that’s $15 down from the $210 they had been paying. Residents in multi-family dwellings will see a savings of…
Chadds Ford Township is going after businesses that haven’t paid their Business Privilege Tax. Supervisors voted 3-0 during their June 5 meeting to seek collection going back to 2007. As part of the resolution, they will also go after unpaid Local Services Taxes from employees of companies in the township, but only back to 2012. An earlier consideration was to go after back taxes for…
Frank Murphy, one of the three Unionville-Chadds Ford School District directors from Region C, is leaving the board effective June 17. His departure coincides with his running for Chadds Ford Township supervisor. He announced his resignation during the April 15 meeting and said later that he will not be voting on the budget for the next school year. The budget vote is the night of…
There is mystery surrounding a 46-year-old monument in Chadds Ford that’s dedicated to the Delaware County servicemen who fought in Vietnam. The monument, a cannon on a pedestal, sits on private property along Route 202 across from Hillman Drive near a former Sovereign Bank branch building. No one seems to recall the circumstances of the dedication, who commissioned the structure or who attended the dedication…