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Current Version of the Jones Motor Amendment to our Zoning Ordinance before the Supervisors.
- Petition
Sign our Petition telling the Supervisor's we don't want a huge regional size mall in our township and 400 extra homes where no housing is currently allowed. This change will cost the taxpayers in both increased taxes and loss of our rural environment.
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The Jones Motor Amendment was voted in by East Vincent Township
- CCOEV Article Summarizing the Hearing
- Mercury Article
Residents protest change in zoning
- Limerick-Royersford-Spring City Patch Articles
- Editorial on Transfer Development Rights
... A careful and conservative TDR program to create compact and attractive development that blends in with our current density levels can be achieved in our township while creating a land preservation revolving fund at no additional cost to the taxpayers.
... At the end of the day, tyranny prevailed and citizen desire was ignored. At the end of the day, disillusionment pounded another nail into the coffin of public distrust and disgust with elected leaders. At the end of the day it was business as usual. And then the residents wept into that pleasant summer’s night.
Attend the Public Hearing on the Jones Motor Amendment!
Wednesday, July 13th to immediately follow the regular
monthly BOS meeting, which was moved up to 7:00 PM to
accommodate the hearing.
At the June Board of Supervisors meeting the Jones Motor property zoning petition was discussed. The Board, as required by the MPC, scheduled a public meeting for comment on the proposed ordinance creating a commercial-mixed use overlay (CMU).
The Plaza at the King of Prussia Mall is the same square footage as the proposed retail in this amendment. The scales of these superimposed pictures are the same. Add to this 400 houses in the rest of the area. Is this what we want in East Vincent Township?
As is described in the advertisement for the meeting, the BOS will have the ability to vote on the ordinance providing no commentary from the public necessitates any changes to the proposed ordinance.
Supervisor's Funk and Dunphy talk about the dire need for rateables. The need to increase the tax base so as to ensure a revenue flow that will exceed the Township’s continuously increasing expenses. Is there an analysis the Board has examined that shows this? See article on the Myths of Ratables and others listed on this site. Supervisor McNeil offered reasons she is not in favor of this amendment. See the Guest Editorial.
The poor design and layout requirements will result in a ho hum development. This is a missed opportunity for more modern development scenarios. Why put in big boxes when many big stores are downsizing? East Vincent Township is creating a bloated, unsustainable development.
The use of Transfer Development Rights (TDR,s) should be applied to the newly allowed residential introduced into the zone. Instead they are being used to dramatically increase the residential use beyond the new base density allowed by right. This is a wasted opportunity to apply the $6.5 million of held TDR's which could have been used to save more land in the township.
East Vincent residents must insist that the various scenarios that would be permitted by the Jones Motor zoning petition have been fully analyzed by the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors; that they are completely aware of the financial impact of the proposed development plan; and that the Township’s interests and needs are preserved.
CCOEV will be presenting information at that meeting and asking questions of the Board ensuring that the ordinance, as currently written, will satisfy the needs of all parties concerned.
Your attendance at the July 13th meeting is the only way you can ensure you and your rights are protected. Asking insightful questions about how the Township benefits from the dramatic changes the Jones Motor zoning change can create is vital.