PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Northampton Township Zoning Hearing Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, December 8, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. at the Northampton Township Municipal Building, 55 Township Road, Richboro, PA to consider the following applications:
1. Case No. 2025-20, the application of Habbas Darwich for the property located at 7 Florence Drive, Richboro, Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, identified as Tax Map Parcel No. 31-58-207. The property is located in the R-1, Single-Family, zoning district. The property is improved with a single-family detached residential dwelling. The Applicant proposes a fence in the secondary front yard along Upper Holland Road. The Applicant seeks variances from Northampton Township Zoning Ordinance §27-405.2.(4)(a) and §27-1107.1.A to permit the fence to have a front yard setback of 5 feet from the property line along Upper Holland Road, where the required minimum setback is 25 feet from the property line.
2. Case No. 2025-21, the application of Michael and Nicole Accetta, for the property located at 56 Tulip Road, Holland, Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, identified as Tax Map Parcel No. 31-63-142. The property is located in the R-2, Single-Family, zoning district. The property is a corner lot and is improved with a single-family detached residential dwelling. The Applicants propose an attached in-law suite addition to the existing dwelling. The Applicants seek a variance from Northampton Township Zoning Ordinance §27-406.2.A(4)(a) to permit the addition to have a front yard setback of 38 feet along Alan Road, where the required minimum front yard setback is 50 feet.
The applications and accompanying documents are available for review. Please contact Mike Solomon, Director of Planning and Zoning, at 215-357-6800, ext. 214, or by e-mail at msolomon@nhtwp.org, so that arrangements can be made to provide the documents to you. If any person with a disability wishes to attend the hearing scheduled for this date and requires an auxiliary aid, service, or other accommodations to participate, please phone 215-357-6800 to discuss how Northampton Township may best accommodate your needs.
Northampton Township Zoning Hearing Board
John C. Fenningham, Esq., Chair
By: Thomas J. Walsh III, Esq., Solicitor
