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Commission recommends zoning and subdivision amendments to address flag lots, driveways and setbacks
Summary
Bridgeville’s Planning Commission recommended a package of zoning and subdivision ordinance amendments including definitions and prohibitions for flag lots, restrictions on using recorded‑plan lots for cross‑access driveways, minimum frontage on borough streets, accessory‑structure rules and alignment of front‑yard setbacks in recorded plans.
At a regular meeting the Bridgeville Planning Commission voted to recommend a set of zoning and subdivision ordinance amendments aimed at clarifying lot‑specification rules for redevelopment and border parcels.
Planning consultant Tom (addressing the commission) framed the changes as responses to questions about how mature, built‑out neighborhoods and adjacent out‑of‑borough lands can create development pressure at boundary points. He said the proposals were drawn from examples used by neighboring municipalities and are meant to preserve neighborhood form and reduce unintended driveway/access issues.
The numbered recommendations read to the commission included defining and prohibiting flag lots; forbidding the use of a lot recorded in a prior plan as a driveway or public/private road to access out‑of‑plan parcels; prohibiting cross‑district driveway access when the destination use is not permitted in that district; preventing lot division across the borough boundary; requiring minimum frontage on Bridgeville public streets; requiring a principal structure before permitting accessory structures; and requiring new principal structures in recorded plans to align front‑yard setbacks with adjacent houses or the average of adjacent setbacks.
A commissioner moved to forward the proposed amendments to Borough Council for adoption; the motion was seconded and approved on a voice vote. The commission noted minor typos in the draft that staff will correct before transmittal.
Next steps: staff will prepare an official package and transmit the recommended ordinance language to Borough Council for consideration.
