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Council approves first reading of zoning map amendment for Mountain Avenue property
Summary
Springfield Township council approved on first reading Ordinance 2025-21, a Chapter 35 zoning‑map amendment that rezones a subdivided lot on Mountain Avenue from neighborhood commercial to residential; the ordinance will be published Nov. 28 with a final hearing scheduled for Dec. 16, 2025.
Springfield Township’s council approved on first reading Ordinance 2025-21, a zoning‑map amendment affecting a parcel on Mountain Avenue that will reclassify a subdivided lot from neighborhood commercial to residential.
The motion to approve the ordinance on first reading was offered by a council member and seconded; the council instructed the clerk to publish the ordinance in the local paper on Nov. 28, 2025 and scheduled the final hearing for Dec. 16, 2025. The roll-call on first reading recorded affirmative responses from all members present.
The council described the change as reflecting a lot-line adjustment: the parcel at issue is being subdivided so that it will no longer rely on shared parking with the adjacent strip mall and will be designated residential going forward. A council member said the amendment grew from planning‑board action and noted that earlier public comments had raised confusion about whether commercial uses would be allowed on the parcel; the council clarified that converting the property to residential now does not enable unrelated commercial uses without a future board action.
The measure amends provisions in Chapter 35 (land use), including an update to section 35‑10.1 for the township zoning map. The ordinance will proceed to a final hearing on Dec. 16, 2025; publication is slated for Nov. 28, 2025.
The council did not vote on final adoption at this meeting; the first‑reading approval advances the ordinance toward that later hearing.
