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Doylestown Township enacted Chapter 139 of its Code of Ordinances to regulate the distribution of non-recyclable single-use plastic bags by retail establishments within the township. The ordinance aims to reduce plastic bag use and associated environmental harms, including litter, wildlife harm, greenhouse gas emissions, and solid waste generation, while promoting reusable, compostable, and recyclable alternatives. The ordinance establishes requirements, exceptions, and enforcement procedures for retailers distributing plastic bags within the township.
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The Zoning Hearing Board of Doylestown Township held a hearing on March 27, 2025, to consider an application by Albert and Jeanette DeRichemond to legalize an existing accessory family apartment in their single-family residence at 50 Poplar Lane. The applicants sought a special exception and a variance to permit the apartment to exceed the standard 25% size limit of usable floor area, as the apartment already existed when they purchased the property in 2000 and will be used to house a caregiver due to health concerns. The board found the applicants had proper standing and that the subject property, a 1.09-acre lot in the R-1 Residential Zoning District, met all legal notice requirements for the hearing.
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The Zoning Hearing Board of Doylestown Township reviewed a redevelopment application (Docket Z-22-23) from Brixmor Property Group for the Barn Plaza shopping center at 1745 S. Easton Road, which proposes converting former theater and restaurant spaces into six restaurants, four retail shops, and one medical office, along with new signage. The applicant requested multiple variances and relief from zoning ordinance provisions regarding building placement, parking, impervious surface coverage, signage dimensions and height, pylon sign setbacks, and drive-through stacking. Hearings were conducted on December 18, 2023 and January 25, 2024, with the decision mailed on March 11, 2024.
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The Zoning Hearing Board of Doylestown Township considered an application by Peter and Donna Acquavella to construct an in-ground swimming pool at their residential property (Tax Parcel No. 09-057-053), which would increase impervious surface coverage from the allowed 20% to 30.1% in the R-1 Residential Zoning District. Hearings were held on January 25, 2024, and February 22, 2024, at the Doylestown Township Building, with the application filed on December 20, 2024, and a decision mailed on April 8, 2024. The applicants sought a variance from §175-38 of the Doylestown Township Zoning Ordinance to permit the pool construction on their 18,578-square-foot lot.
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The Zoning Hearing Board of Doylestown Township held a hearing on September 28, 2023, regarding an application by Brian and Shannon Monson to construct a detached two-story garage with an accessory family apartment on the second floor at 42 Anvil Lane. The applicants sought a special exception under §175-37 B H-12 of the Zoning Ordinance to permit the accessory family apartment and a variance from §175-16 H-12(b) to allow the apartment in a new structure rather than an existing building. The application was filed on August 11, 2023, and the decision was mailed on November 10, 2023, with the property located in the R-1 Residential Zoning District on a 1.3-acre lot.
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