These developers aren’t building for a sense of community. They’re building for a sense of their own bank accounts. This is why you saw two municipalities this past election put an open space referendum on the ballot – East Whiteland and Uwchlan. Both referendums passed. We don’t live...
Mostly Chester County and crazy to reasonable prices, so many municipalities. Most, but not all municipalities, have provisions for these “short term rentals.“ However, I still think that in a lot of cases, they don’t know where all of these “short term rentals” are within their mu...
When planning to shift locations, it’s also important to ask the local county clerk to provide you with a list of the locations where mobile food vendors are allowed to park and operate. In many urban environments, a two-hour parking restriction is enforced and may even include payment by...
Accessory dwelling units enable municipalities to expand their housing stock and adapt housing options to meet the changing needs of homeowners and renters. ADUs can be attached or detached, but must be able to function independently from the primary unit. Municipalities can encourage development of A...
It’s emblematic of the rise of Airbnb and VRBO rentals that have caused municipalities throughout the region to assess what’s allowed — and what’s not — as the growing sector disruptsnot only the vacation and hotel industry, but sets off conflicts with neighbors. ...
So many Chester County municipalities seem to an outsider completely thoughtless when it comes to preservation and the future. All these plastic mushroom house developments, and countless big boxes and sub par strip malls, not all of which have full occupancy. Look at what has been built over ...
This is why I wish more municipalities around here enforced pedestrian cross-walks more like they do in other places including New York State and Washington, D.C. I am just sitting here shaking my head as I type. I remember having conversations with one local politician in particular about ...
Ok so this went all the way to the State Supreme Court. And it was struck down. Which isn’t any great surprise given things like, oh I don’t know…. the Municipalities Planning Code and whatnot? At the time former supervisorVirginia McMichael was quoted as saying: ...
West Goshen Township in Chester County and Thornbury Township in Delaware County have provisions in their zoning ordinances that could force the pipeline’s builder, Sunoco Logistics, to relocate the line if the municipalities chose to enforce the rules, according to the critics. ...