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Lee Mangan

Friday, January 4, 2013

Lansdale Boarding Room License Fees Being Scrutinized

Landlords of boarding rooms are being charged the same $58 license fee as apartments, but at that cost per room. Landlords are up in arms about it and now the borough codes department is looking into whether or not that fee is revenue neutral

Landlords of the 77 boarding rooms that exist in Lansdale Borough could be getting a break on their license fees. At present, the borough code enforcement department is looking into whether or not the $58 fee per boarding room is revenue neutral. Lansdale officials believe that fee for boarding rooms may be too high. That fee is the same fee paid for apartment inspections. However, the fee covers the entire apartment, not each room, as it does with boarding rooms. "If someone owns a boarding house, with 10 rooms in it, the fee would be $580 for a 10-room boarding house," said Councilman and Code Enforcement Committee Chairman Jack Hansen at Wednesday night's meeting. "Off the top of my head, that sounds high for an annual fee for …

Steph Mcgeller

10:08 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013

Doggie Style at 20 Airport Sq. North Wales closed down the store today without telling employees and customers. Employees came to the store to find everything packed up and gone. A lot of dogs have been hurt and abused by this company.   more ›

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

An Errant History of 311 W. Main St.

Former Shiloh Lodge Worshipful Master Joe McQuillin provided a recent town hall session with a bit of backstory on the sale of the former Masonic Temple to Lansdale Borough

Former Shiloh Lodge F. & A.M. No. 588 Worshipful Master Joe McQuillin, owner of McQuillin Studio in Lansdale, provided a backstory on 311 W. Main Street at the Lansdale town hall session last month – a tale of miscommunication, poor decisions, broken promises and a transaction worth $450,000. McQuillin said he was at a recent North Penn Rotary Club meeting speaking with new Shiloh Lodge member Jack Chun, an architect who designed the Montgomery County Cultural Center in Norristown, the North Penn Rotary Bandshell at White's Road Park and the former Lansdale Performing Arts Center. Their discussion was on the topic of the old Shiloh Lodge Masonic Temple aka the former Lansdale Center of the Performing Arts aka 311 W. Main Street. McQuillin …

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