Hatboro Landlord Wants to Build in Flood Zone
The owner of 332 S. York Road in Hatboro is seeking approval to build 16 two-story residences where several car repair shops are currently located.
An oft-flooded South York Road property could be home to 16 two-story townhouses or apartments if Hatboro’s zoning hearing board grants permission to build in a floodplain. Horizon Property Management LLC, which owns the 332 S. York Road structures housing a handful of car repair shops and Manja pizza shop, is proposing to knock down all but the restaurant on the 1.76-acre parcel to make way for 16 residential units. “The applicant/appellant proposes to renovate the existing building to retain the existing restaurant and to replace all other uses with 16 two-story townhouses or garden apartments normally found in the R-4 residential district,” Jim Case of Horizon Property Management wrote in his application, which was supposed to be …
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9:27 am on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
I am going to think positive if this happens and hope for the best. I am thinking they are using some kind of cutting edge technology to work around the problem and make it more eco friendly and preventing future damage to new buildings. more ›