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Zoning board approves variance to allow lot consolidation at 950 West Trindle Road
Summary
The Silver Spring Township Zoning Hearing Board on Aug. 12 approved Variance 2024-7 allowing a 0.6-acre parcel at 950 West Trindle Road to be consolidated with adjacent 944 West Trindle Road to create safer recreation space for the applicant’s family; the vote was unanimous.
The Silver Spring Township Zoning Hearing Board approved Variance 2024-7 on Aug. 12, allowing a small parcel at 950 West Trindle Road to be transferred and consolidated with adjacent 944 West Trindle Road, the applicant told the board.
Applicant Vittorio Mangine testified he and his spouse live at 944 West Trindle Road and sought the parcel to create safer outdoor space for their family. "Our oldest son is profoundly deaf. He uses cochlear implants as a way to hear. But it's an amazing technology but not perfect, and so he's not always able to hear," Mangine said, describing concerns about traffic and past accidents near their historic corner property. Mangine said the purchased parcel (about 0.6 acres) would not be developed but used for recreation, a garden and trees.
Solicitor Kayla Zizzi and Zoning Enforcement Officer Chelsea Leiby confirmed that required legal notices were published in the Sentinel (July 23 and July 30, 2024), posted at 950 West Trindle Road and mailed to adjacent property owners. Mangine provided signed letters of neighbor support gathered since filing; Zizzi noted the Township also received e-mail support from one owner at 950.
Zizzi asked Mangine to confirm frontage and measurement details because the consolidation affects required dimension standards in Section 204.C of the 2022 Silver Spring Township Zoning Ordinance. Mangine and Leiby discussed measurements: Leiby clarified that frontage is measured property line to property line (not including side-yard setback allowances) and provided figures for the building setback line: existing frontage at the building setback line for 950 is 148.8 feet and for 944 is 85.9 feet; proposed figures after consolidation would be 185.3 feet for 944 and 126.3 feet for 950, per Leiby’s explanation.
Board member James Hall moved to approve Variance 2024-7; Martin Leonard seconded. Chairman Don Franklin called for the vote and all present members signified "aye." The motion carried and the variance was approved.
The Board entered a brief period of deliberation before voting. No public objections were raised during the hearing. The Board marked "Neighbor Comments" (Exhibit 1) into evidence during the proceeding.
With the variance approved, the applicant may proceed with the recorded lot consolidation subject to any filing or recording requirements under Township procedures and the Zoning Ordinance. The Board adjourned at 6:38 p.m.
