PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Northampton Township Zoning Hearing Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, November 11, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. at the Northampton Township Municipal Building, 55 Township Road, Richboro, PA, to consider the following applications:
- Case No. 2024-12, the application of John Hearn for the property located at 19 Galloway Road, Richboro, Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, identified as Tax Map Parcel No. 31-13-10-1. The property is located in the R-2, Single-Family, zoning district. The property is improved with a single-family detached residential dwelling. The Applicant proposes a detached garage. The Applicant seeks a variance from Northampton Township Zoning Ordinance §27-1105.2.A(1) to permit the garage to have a side yard setback of 7 feet, where the required minimum side yard setback is 15 feet on a tract with a lot area of less than 2 acres.
- Case No. 2024-13, the application of Theodore and Katelyn Ekarius, through their agent Munz Construction, for the property located at 244 Forrest Drive, Holland, Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, identified as Tax Map Parcel No. 31-48-177. The property is located in the R-2, Single-Family, zoning district. The property is improved with a single-family detached residential dwelling developed as part of a cluster-designed subdivision. The Applicants propose an attached in-law suite addition to the existing dwelling. The applicants seek a variance from Northampton Township Zoning Ordinance §27-903.4.C to permit the addition to have a side yard setback of 7 feet, where the required minimum side yard setback is 10 feet; and to permit an aggregate of the side yard setbacks of 20.25 feet, where the existing aggregate is 23.25 feet, and the required minimum aggregate is 25 feet.
The applications and accompanying documents are available for review. Please contact Mike Solomon, Director of Planning and Zoning, at 215-357-6800, extension 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
