Council opens hearing on conditional use for group-care home at 2518 Hampton Avenue

Hampton Township Council opened a public hearing on a conditional use application to operate a group care home for three residents at 2518 Hampton Avenue, a property in the township’s Residential B zoning district. Amanda, a township planning staff member, told the council that the zoning ordinance allows group care homes that serve up to six people and that this application proposes three. She said the applicant has met most conditional-use requirements, planning commission and Gateway Engineers recommend approval, and the application was advertised July 24 and July 31 in the North edition of the Post‑Gazette and notices were mailed to properties within 300 feet on July 30. "The only…