Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Council Votes topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Council actions: consent agenda and resolutions approved; land‑development waiver denied; solicitor asked to send zoning support letter
Summary
At its Jan. 14 meeting the Phoenixville Borough Council approved the consent agenda and two resolutions, denied a land‑development waiver request for 310 Main Street, authorized the solicitor to send a letter to the zoning hearing board in support of the borough’s notice of violation for a sign at 472 Nutt Road, and tabled an ordinance amendment.
Phoenixville Borough Council passed a series of routine and contested items at its Jan. 14 meeting, including approval of the consent agenda, adoption of two resolutions of recognition and property disposition, a denial of a waiver request for land development at 310 Main Street, and authorization for the borough solicitor to send a letter to the zoning hearing board supporting the borough’s zoning officer in a sign violation appeal.
The council approved the consent agenda by voice vote (motion by Councilmember Miss Berkley; second by Mr. Weiss). Council also adopted a resolution recognizing Heather Byrd for her service on the Human Relations Commission and a standard resolution authorizing the sale and disposition of personal property valued at $2,000 or less; both measures passed unanimously (recorded as 7–0 on the meeting record).
On a separate matter the council considered a zoning hearing board appeal stemming from a notice of violation at 472 Nutt Road (Rita’s Italian Ice). The notice cited borough code provisions stating window signs must not obscure views into buildings and that window signs may not cover more than 20% of a storefront or more than 50% of any single glass pane, the solicitor said. Council voted to authorize the borough solicitor to send a letter to the zoning hearing board in support of the zoning officer’s determination; the motion was amended to request a letter rather than in‑person attendance and passed with no recorded opposition.
Council also considered a request from KSM Architects to waive land development for PACLC at 310 Main Street (a reallocation of existing interior space in an occupied building). After discussion the council denied the waiver request (motion by Mr. Moore, second by Mr. Weiss); the motion carried unanimously. The solicitor and staff explained the application qualified as land development because it reallocated uses within an existing building and therefore required review.
Council tabled an ordinance amendment to Chapter 22 (Subdivision and Land Development, Part 6 – Impact Statements) after staff noted additional procedural steps were required before final action; the tabling motion passed unanimously.
Other procedural motions approved without recorded opposition included routine committee appointments that were part of the consent agenda and a motion to adjourn into executive session. Several items mentioned for executive session (personnel, real estate and litigation related to properties on Bridge Street and possible land purchase on Mowery Road) were listed but not acted on in open session.
Full recorded tallies were not read for every item; where the minutes show a vote count the council recorded 7–0 or unanimous voice votes for the listed measures.
