Friday, March 1, 2013
Montgomery Township Supervisors authorized advertisement of a public hearing to amend the zoning code for off-street parking. Now, it's illegal to back out of a driveway or lot onto every street in the township.
If you live anywhere in Montgomery Township, and you back out of your driveway, you're breaking the law. The township will look to amend that this month. Bruce Shoupe, director of zonning and planning for the township, requested supervisors Monday night authorize advertisement for a March 25 public hearing to amend the zoning code for the Required Parking" section under Article 19: Off-Street Parking and Loading. Shoupe said the section was originally put in the zoning code in 1967, and later amended in 1981. Shoupe said, per the existing ordinance, every vehicle should be turning around in a driveway or lot and exit frontways onto township streets. "It directly relates as to how cars are not allowed to back out into roadways," Shoupe told…
Thursday, February 28, 2013
The development would be located on an 11-acre parcel owned by John Pileggi, which is now a tree farm. The parcel is at County Line Road, Limekiln Pike and Lower State Road in Montgomery Township
Montgomery Township Supervisors voted 4-0 Monday night to approve a conditional use application by John Pileggi to develop an 18 single-family detached homes on a triangular parcel and current tree farm at County Line Road, Limekiln Pike and Lower State Road. Supervisor Robert Birch was absent from the meeting. The development would also realign Lower State Road to a 90-degree angle with Limekiln Pike. According to civil engineer Richard Stoneback, the property is near where the Neshaminy Creek crosses Limekiln Pike. Stoneback said the original portion of Lower State Road would be one-way eastbound. The new aligned Lower State Road would intersect with the old Lower State Road, with a stop sign stopping traffic on the one-way portion of …
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Montgomery Township also boosted its bond rating to AA+, which allows it to borrow a $10 million bond to help fund construction of a proposed community center
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Thursday, January 31
Montgomery Township Solicitor Frank Bartle informed the public Monday that — while it has been a suggestion at the behest of few residents — a referendum on the November 2013 ballot on whether a township community center should be built is not possible, according to The Reporter. Bartle told the public Monday that a binding referendum must be laid out by statute, which indicated “what matters need to be by binding referendum.” “This is not one of those matters,” Bartle said in the article by Dan Sokil. A public library question was the issue of a previous referendum vote, but that was subject to a referendum by state law. The potential community center is not an issue subject to a referendum by state law, according to the article. …
Friday, December 28, 2012
Montgomery Township Supervisors this month amended the sign ordinance for the regional shopping center district — aka Montgomery Mall. Now, retailers inside the mall can install exterior signage
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Friday, December 28, 2012
Montgomery Mall retailers will now be able to put signage on the exterior of the mall. In a The Reporter Online story by Dan Sokil, Montgomery Township supervisors this month updated its sign ordinance as it relates to the regional shopping district, by editing discrepancies and inconsistencies in various provisions. Under the new changes, according to the article, businesses inside the mall with a maximum of 5,000 square feet of floor area can have a 125-square-foot outside sign, even on an awning. Businesses between 5,000 and 10,000 square feet can have a 125-square-foot sign, plus extra area for the amount of floor space over 5,000, according to the article. Businesses between 50,000 and 100,000 square feet can have up to 1,200 square …
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Towamencin Township supervisors discussed installing a welcome sign near the Lansdale Interchange of the Northeast Extension at an October meeting
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
There are talks of installing a welcome sign in Towamencin near the Lansdale Interchange, according to reports. Bradley Schlegel of The Reporter wrote that the idea was discussed by supervisors at an Oct. 10 meeting. A design has not begun, and everything is in the planning stages, according to the article. Discussions come at a time when a 6-mile expansion of the Northeast Extension between Mid-County and Berks Road wraps up in 2014, according to the article. Then, work repeats for two more years, from Berks Road to Lansdale Interchange, in mid-2014. Read more at The Reporter Online. What do you think of a welcome sign in Kulpsville? Let us know in the comments!
Thursday, November 15, 2012
The general fund for 2013 will have a $6,000 surplus
Montgomery Township Supervisors Monday approved advertisement of an $11.8 million budget, with no tax increase for 2013, and a $6,160 surplus. The budget will be adopted at the Dec. 17 meeting. Montgomery Township has not had a tax increase for more than nine years. In 2006, supervisors reduced the millage rate from 1.61 mills to 1.49 mills. Homestead exemption remains at $30,000. Finance Director Shannon Drosnock said more than 75 percent of property owners participate in the homestead exemption program, totaling $308,000 in annual tax relief. Total revenues in the 2013 budget are 3.4 percent higher than in 2012 — $11,872,320 compared to $11,481,685. Of those total revenues, $9.5 million are tax revenues, which are up 2.9 percent from …
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
The grant would help with funding of equipment and officer overtime in the Montgomery Township Regional DUI Enforcement Team
Montgomery Township Supervisors last week approved the submission of a DUI grant application for $59,992, which will boost funding for equipment and aid officers who are a part of the Montgomery Township Regional DUI Task Force. Montgomery Township Acting Chief Scott Bendig said the grant is a continuation of DUI grants from previous years. “This grant includes funding for equipment and overtime for officers to conduct DUI enforcement activities, including DUI checkpoints and DUI roving patrols,” Bendig told the board. Supervisors Chairman Candyce Chimera asked how likely the department is to get the grant. “We’ve done very well,” Bendig said. “This grant is actually going to be $6 less than we had last year. It looks pretty good in …
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Ballard*King & Associates Recreation Facility Planning and Kimmel-Bogrette Architecture + Site will meet with Montgomery Township Supervisors at a public meeting to update them on information received thus far on the project
At the start of their needs assessment and feasibility study on a future multipurpose community recreation center in Montgomery Township, Ballard*King & Associates Recreation Facility Planning and Kimmel-Bogrette Architecture + Site held a public information gathering session in July. Now, on August 22 at 5 p.m., the two firms will meet with supervisors in a public meeting to review the information they have gathered from that session. "The process started in July. We had a community meeting and a number of workshop meetings with the consultants. The meeting here was well attended, full house, and a lot of good comments were passed forward to the consultants," said township Manager Larry Gregan at Monday night's board of supervisors …
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Montgomery Township Board of Supervisors Monday night approved the appointment of four part-time firefighters to Fire Department of Montgomery Township
Fire Department of Montgomery Township has four new part-time certified and trained firefighters to respond in a time of need. Supervisors Monday approved the appointment of four part-time firefighters to the ranks of FDMT: John Ardiff, Stephen D'Agostino, William McCann and William Norris. "Over the past several months, four of our part-time firefighters have either resigned from the department or had their abilities significantly reduced," said director of fire services Rick Lesniak. "In order to maintain a minimum of four firefighters on duty, the township needed to increase the number of firefighters in our pool of part-time staff." Lesniak said each firefighter went thorugh an extensive application and interview process. Each new …
Monday, August 13, 2012
Here's the schedule for tonight's Montgomery Township meeting
Here is the rundown for tonight's Montgomery Township Board of Supervisors Action Meeting at 8 p.m. at Montgomery Township Administration Building You can check out all board summaries and pertinent documentation related to each item of tonight's meeting in PDF format at this link. 1. Call to Order by Chairman 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Public Comment 4. Announcement of Executive Session 5. Consider Approval of Minutes of the July 23, 2012 Meeting 6. Announcement of Boards/Commissions Appointments 7. Introduction of New Part-Time Firefighters 8. Announce Board of Supervisors Workshop Meeting - Recreation/Community Center 9. Update - Party on the Parkway and "It's Finally Done 5K Fun Run" 10. Consider Approval of 2012 Extra Curb & Sidewalk …
Concerned Citizen
4:02 pm on Sunday, March 10, 2013
Rules, rules and more rules in Mont. Twp. They create their own added rules to the building code, because I guess they can, costing residents plenty extra. Liability - it's all about liability. These folks are seriously scared into making ridiculous out of control rules for everything. more ›