Planning commission recommends subdivision of 1243 East Arlington after resident concerns about rentals and mapping

The Milford Planning Commission on Monday recommended that the township supervisors approve Equity Trust Company’s plan to subdivide 1243 East Arlington Road into two lots.

Taylor Hoover, representing Equity Trust Company, told the commission the property was purchased and extensively renovated after being “really, really let go.” Hoover said the house is now rented and that the company is considering selling the second lot or developing it itself. “We completely remodeled it,” Hoover said, adding the owner might “sell the lot right now just to recover some of our costs.”

The applicant’s plan shows a 7,106‑square‑foot Lot 1 and a 7,355‑square‑foot Lot 2. During the motion to recommend approval a commissioner asked that the minutes note Lot 2’s frontage measures 48.42 feet, “slightly less than the prescribed 50 feet,” a detail recorded for the meeting minutes.

Several nearby residents spoke during public comment. Property owner Mike Bednar (1250 and 1256 Arden Road) described decades living in the neighborhood and said the arrival of rentals changed neighborhood dynamics. “First time in my life I ever had to call the police within the last 5 years when I was a homeowner,” Bednar said, urging the commission to weigh neighborhood impacts even as he praised the property’s rehabilitation.

A second resident, Chris Paulsonello (1257 East Arlington Road), asked why an aerial map overlaid with survey lines appeared to show a property line running through his garage. Matt Waldinger, the township director of planning and development, explained that the office overlays developer surveys atop aerial photographs that are not survey‑grade, and that the developer’s certified survey (Laird surveying) would show any true encroachment. “There’s some errors in the way they take those aerial photos and then superimpose the lines over the top,” Waldinger said, adding that the survey itself would have shown an encroachment if one existed.

Commissioners voted by voice to recommend the subdivision; the commission recorded the motion, a second, and approval by voice vote. The commission’s recommendation will go to the Milford Supervisors for final action at their meeting scheduled for Tuesday, 11/25/2025 at 4:30 p.m. in the same room.

The planning commission also approved a separate land‑development item during the same meeting (see related coverage).