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Allies, Inc. seeks corrective deed for Skillman special-needs group home; committee to authorize deed execution
Summary
Allies, Inc. and counsel asked the township to approve a corrective deed allowing demolition and new construction of a six-bedroom special-needs group home at 148 Burn Hill Road; the project had zoning-board approval and will yield six third-round affordable-housing credits under existing restrictions and a reverter clause.
Peter Flannery, attorney for Allies, Inc., addressed the township to explain a corrective deed needed to move forward with a special-needs group home at 148 Burn Hill Road in the Skillman section. Flannery said Allies is a nonprofit that develops special-needs housing and that the project, which previously was conveyed by the township in 2013, would provide six affordable-housing credits for Montgomery's 3rd-round plan.
Flannery said the zoning board approved bulk variances last July, the applicant completed conditions of approval and recorded a new deed restriction on the property. Because the existing historic structure (known as Pine Knoll) is not feasible to renovate for the anticipated tenants and because a one-and-a-half-story layout better suits special-needs residents, Allies intends to demolish the structure and rebuild. The corrective deed would revise the 2013 conveyance language to permit new construction while leaving other deed restrictions, including the reverter clause and the initial 30-year deed restriction (extendable at the township's option), in place.
Township staff confirmed that the deed includes the reverter clause referenced by the committee, and counsel noted municipally sponsored or deed-restricted parcels can be held in perpetuity or re-restricted when financing allows. Committee members asked how tenants would be selected; Flannery said the Department of Human Services' screening process and income-based eligibility rules required by affordable-housing regulations would apply.
The committee indicated the resolution authorizing execution of the corrective deed was on the agenda for action and invited Flannery to remain for questions. The item remained on the consent/agenda list for formal action that evening.
