A standing room only crowd at the Chadds Ford Township municipal building spoke almost unanimously with one voice and one word: No. No to the YMCA, no to a K. Hovnanian Homes development and no to the southwest leg of the loop road around the intersection of Routes 1 and 202. A special informational meeting of the Chadds Ford Planning Commission drew a larger attendance…
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,…
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…