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Springettsbury supervisors advance zoning change to clarify flexible development overlay
Summary
The board moved to advance and then approved an amendment clarifying that an applied flexible development overlay will supersede other overlays on a site, a change proponents say is needed to allow a 98-unit Galleria Mall apartment project to proceed under that overlay.
The Springettsbury Township Board of Supervisors opened a special hearing and then advanced an ordinance to clarify how the township’s flexible development overlay interacts with other zoning overlays, saying the change will remove legal uncertainty for proposed redevelopment at the Galleria Mall site.
Attorney Tom Nahila, representing Gallery Apartments LLC, told the board the applicant is proposing a 98-unit, three-story multifamily building on a 2.5-acre parcel within the mall. Nahila said the applicant used the flexible development overlay because the town center overlay does not list multifamily as an allowed conditional or permitted use. "The flexible development overlay is completely 100%…
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