Thursday, February 14, 2013
Horsham property owners around the former Willow Grove air base will have fewer development constraints with the removal of the township's Airport Crash and Noise Overlay District.
After two stalled attempts, the Horsham Township Council on Wednesday night removed one of the last semblances that an airport had been operational in town. A public hearing in a more-crowded-than-usual meeting room drew no comments as the governing body voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance eliminating the so-called ACNOD, or Airport Crash and Noise Overlay District and to remove development restrictions currently in place. Councilwoman Deborah Tustin was absent Wednesday. The ordinance adoption follows the September 2011 closure of Willow Grove air base and its runway Keith Valley Road goes through what is now the former ACNOD. Commonwealth National Country Club, Deep Meadow Park, Samuel Carpenter Park, Valley View Estates and Lakeside…
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
The Horsham Township Council held a public hearing Wednesday regarding the Airport Crash and Noise Overlay District, but took no action.
The Horsham Township Council held off on amending the zoning to areas immediately surrounding the runway of shuttered Willow Grove air base. The governing body on Wednesday held a public hearing on the possible elimination of the so-called ACNOD, or Airport Crash and Noise Overlay District. No one from the public commented. Council President Mark McCouch said that the council would consider taking action at a later date. Township Manager Bill Walker told Patch afterward that the council must act within 90 days. If the zoning is lifted, property owners within that district – including those on Keith Valley Road, parts of County Line Road, as well as Commonwealth National Country Club, Valley View Estates, Lakeside Youth Service and Park …
Thursday, August 9, 2012
The Horsham Township Council introduced an ordinance to eliminate the Airport Crash and Noise Overlay District which officials said pertains specifically to planes flying to and from the former Willow Grove air base.
Calling it a logical step following the closure of Willow Grove air base, the Horsham Township Council again put the wheels in motion to amend zoning in the area immediately surrounding the former base’s shuttered runway. The governing body voted 3-0 Wednesday to introduce an ordinance to eliminate the so-called ACNOD, or Airport Crash and Noise Overlay District and to remove development restrictions currently in place. Council members Andrew Santacroce and William Whiteside, who chairs the Horsham Land Reuse Authority and the newly formed Horsham Land Redevelopment Authority, were absent. The governing body had introduced the ordinance in April 2011, prior to the Horsham Land Reuse Authority’s denial last summer of an airport on the bulk …
Bob Chipples
5:18 pm on Sunday, February 17, 2013
Ok, but what does this mean exactly? more ›