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PROPOSAL for
: Super Wawa (a Wawa with gas pumps)
at 800
&
808 Old York Road,
(near Baeder Rd) by local developer Bruce
Goodman’s
Goodman Properties 215-885-8383 c/o
Goodman Properties 636 Old York Road/2nd Floor Jenkintown, PA
19046
Wawa Store of 4,983 square – requesting
12 fuel service stations ( 6 pumps 2 sided)
( the WAWA further down would likely close and move here)
NEXT MEETING
CANCELLED The February 21, 7:00PM - Zoning Hearing Board will
NOT hear this application a letter was sent
anround circa 2-12 that the developer will bring this before the
Board of Commissioners instead of the Zoning Hearing Board . Stay
tuned
This writers concern
- that
residents, who are largely opposed to this, will not understand
things like the fact that genuine hardships are supposed to exist to
grant variances and that their Zoning Board is supposed to
uphold the laws - and that dangerous precedents are being
set by this developer's request for
whatever relief he needs to develop as proposed
(
remember Brandolini....)
LINKS TO INFO ON THE PROJECT
Wawa Site Aerial View
Application and including the
requested variances
Original
application
& site plan
http://www.abington.org/resident/downloads%20for%20plans%20&%20maps/dec2011%20(13)%20app%20wawa.pdf
12-13-11
Zoning Hearing 7pm Township Building - Below
is a summary of some of the details of the zoning variances
being applied for by Goodman Properties . Here is one INCEDIBLY
disconcerting line from an enormously disconcerting application
The
applicant requests ......All other relief as may be deemed necessary
to allow for the development of this property as proposed.
Mr Goodman, you may or may not know, though not an Abington
resident, sits (or sat) on the Economic Development Board of our
Township . The Economic Development Board SHOULD in my own esteem, I
hope in yours, too, be safeguarding the quality of our
community. The use that he proposes for this property has nothing
whatsoever in common with the rights that he bought with the
property. He would like to violate nearly every wish and safeguard
that we have to make our community what we would like it to be
( and those are already too few ) .
I
hope you will read the list of variances being requested, be
mindful of the fact that part of the land he is using is zoned
residential and it abuts residential, and please ask yourself
how he would have the temerity to even think that this would be
approved. Being a saavy developer, who has extremely close
connections to nearly everyone that would be part of the
approval process, I doubt Mr Goodman would have wasted his
money without some sense that it WOULD be approved.
The
presentation is not just being made during the holidays, greatly
fortuitous timing, but the hearing will also be held on the
night of another emotionally charged convenience store
hearing . This means the presentation would likely drag into the
latest hours possible, when many would likely have to go home .
Please read the summaries ---and please do not let your voice go
unheard - holidays notwithstanding .
If this is allowed, I believe some resignations should be sought
. I would be glad to hear your thoughts.
Apllication excerpts
800
&
808 Old York Road, (near Baeder Rd)
Goodman Properties 215-885-8383c/o
Goodman Properties
636
Old York Road/2nd Floor
Jenkintown,
PA 19046
proposes a
Wawa Store of 4,983 square – requesting
12 fuel service stations ( 6 pumps
2 sided)
A use variance from Section 402.2.A to allow for a Use
C-8 Convenience Store
Dimensional variances have been requested from
Section 706
.C.8.f
to allow for the square footage of the store to exceed
3,000
square feet,
Section 402.3
to allow for a
reduction of the front, side
and rear yard setbacks,
Section
402.4.L to
allow for reductions of the required landscaped buffers
adjoining the front side and
residential property lines.
An interpretation of Section 702.B and 702.C
of the Zoning Ordinance concerning principal use.
In the alternative,
a variance.
A dimensional variance from Section 706.A to
allow for the retaining wall
to exceed 6 feet in height.
A dimensional variance
from :
Section 706.C.17
to allow for parking within the
buffer areas
Section706.C.25
pertaining to the number of employees per square footage of the
building.
A variance from Section 801
.C
to allow for the construction of the building to encroach into
the required setbacks.
A
special exception to allow for a change of grade of more than
three feet within 100 feet of a property line.
A variance from Section 801.L pertaining to safety
procedures required for a 24 hour operation
A variance from Section 801
.T
to allow for a 24 hour operation that shares a property line
with residential uses.
A dimensional
variance
to allow for the on-site parking stalls to be reduced to nine
feet in width
A variance from Section 1005 to allow for the support for the
free standing sign to be located within the 10 foot setback.
Variances from100S.2
.B
to allow for the proposed free standing signage, wall signage
,
canopy sign age,
directional signage and signage on the proposed
fuel pumps.
Relief
from Section 1007 as amended by Ordinance #1943 to allow for the
LED fuel cost portion of the proposed signage
to change copy more than once every
24 hours.
All
other relief as may be deemed necessary to allow for the
development of this property as proposed.
The property is zoned within the
(PB)
Planned Business District and R-2 Residential District of Ward #7
of the Township of Abington.
1.
Note:
This is scheduled for Dec 13th .
The next scheduled
meeting of the Zoning Hearing Board will be held on Tuesday,
January 17,2011
.
That meeting
will start at 7:00 p.m.
and will be held in the Second
Floor Board Room of the Abington Township Administration
Building. located at 1176 Old York
1.
A use
variance from Section
402.2.A
to allow a Convenience Store
(C-8)
in a
IJB
and
R-2 Residential District.
2.
A
variance from Section 706.C.8.f to allow the gross retail floor
area
of the proposed use to
exceed
3,000 square feet.
3.
A
variance from the
requirements
of Section 402.3 to allow
a
35-£'00t front yard
setback where 60
feet is required.
4.
A variance
from the requirements of Section 402.3 to allow a 35.1-Joot side
yard
where
a 40-foot mi.nimum side yard setback is required.
5.
A variance from the requirements of Section 402.3 to allow a
rear yard
setback
of
20.7 feet where a 50-[00t rear yard minimmu setback is required.
1.
A
variance from Section
402.4.L
to allow a 5-foot front yard buffer where a 20foot minimum
front yard buffer is required.
2.
A
variance from Section !J.02.4.L to
allO\:v a side yard buffer
of
1-foot where
a
6fo
ot
minimwn
side
yard buffer is required.
.
A
variance from Section
402.4.L
to allow a residential buffer of 1.7
fect where
a
25-fo01
minimum residential buffer is required.
9.
An
interpretation
that the Convenience Slore usc includes all uscs
on
til::;
______Qremises.
In
the alternative,
a variance
from
the
requirements of
702.R and
.C to
allow the
principal
use to account for less than
90%
of
the
gross
Ieasabl·e
floor
area
ot~tITbUllliln:g,-----structure,
lot
or
premises
and
the accessory use to
occupy
more
than
10%
of
the
gross
leasable
floor area
of
the
building,
structure
or premises for commercial uses.
10.
A variance
from Section
706.A.6
to allow
a
maximum
wall
height to exceed
() feet
in the
rear and side
yard.
11.
A variance from Section 706.C.17 to allow parking witl1in the
buffer
area.
12.
A
variance from Section
706.C.25.E
to allow more than
two
employees
per 1,000 square
feet
of gross
leasable floor area devoted to retail use.
13.
A
variance
from Section 801.C.l
to
allow a building
to
be
located
Vvithin a setback
or
required yard.
14.
A variance
iI-om
Section SOl.C.S requiring
yard
requirements to be measured
from
the
inside
edge of
the resource righl of way or east:ment.
(Setbacks
from existing
easements).
J5.
In the
alternative,
a special exception
to
allow
a
3-foot grade
change within
100
feet
of the
property
line;
or
in
the alternative,
a
variance from
Section
80LI.11
to
allow
a 3-foot
grade change within a
100
feet of the property line.
1.
A
variance from Section
SOl.L.S(d)(e)
to
eliminate
the
requirements
of
"no
cash
on
hand or
exact
change
policies"
and
"cashier separation desif,'11s."
2.
A variance
from Section 801.T.3
.C
to allow a
24
hour operation of the Convenience
Store
as
not
detrimental
to the
health, safety
and
welfare of
thc
surroundi_ng
community
.
IS. A
variance
from
Section 902.1.A to allow parking stall size to be 9-foot by
18foot rather than tbe required 10-foot by 18-foot.
19_
A
variance
from
the requirements of Section 1005 to aJlow
a
supporting siluetmc for
a
sign
to be located
closer
to
an existing street right
of away
line than
J0
feet.
20. A variance
from the requirements of Section 100S.2.B
to
allow
for
the fanowing
SIgns:
1
One free standing sign measuring 49.99 square feet witi1
a
20-foot heighl
2
Two Builcling 11100.U1ted signs totaling 104.16 square
feet (166.69 square
foot and one 37.47 square feet)
3
Three
canopy
mounted
signs
total
ing
41
.01
square foot;
4
Four directional signs totaling 32.4 square feet with
advertisi.ng
5
Twelve
pump signs totaling
of3.0 squarc
feet
21.
A
variance hom
Sectionrmlv.BTto a 10wOITSite
llire-c1inmrl-sigrrs-containing-----adverlising.
22.
A
vaJ.iance from Section 1009.B.2 to allow ansite directionaJ
signs exceeding 4 square
feet
in the area.
Applicant sLlbmits tbat the requested Zoning Relief shall not be
contrary to the health, safety and \velfare of the surrounding
community and Abington Township.
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