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Middletown supervisors present settlement and overlay plan for Stone Farm; public raises easement, traffic concerns
Summary
The board reviewed a draft age‑qualified overlay and a stipulation to end litigation over the Stone Farm property that would conserve about 67 acres and allow 59 age‑qualified homes on an ~89‑acre lot; residents and environmental advocates pressed officials about easement terms, traffic and monitoring.
MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — Middletown Township supervisors on April 6 reviewed a proposed age‑qualified overlay district and a stipulation that would end long‑running litigation over the Stone Farm property, while residents pressed questions about the language and enforcement of a planned conservation easement.
An unnamed township presenter told the board the overlay district is intended to allow a community limited to residents 55 and older and described draft regulations: a maximum density of two units per acre, maximum impervious surface of 40%, maximum lot coverage of 20%, minimum open space of 35% of the gross site area and a 25‑foot buffer yard. The presenter said the ordinance was modeled on the township’s existing age‑qualified community zoning and that both the Bucks County Planning Commission and the Township Planning Commission found the ordinance compatible with the comprehensive plan.
Under the stipulation of settlement reviewed at the…
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