A proposal to change the zoning of the Parkhouse facility property to reduce the number of housing units to be built alongside the Parkhouse Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has been rejected by the Upper Providence Board of Supervisors, writes Evan Brandt for Pottstown Mercury.

Under current zoning, the property owner Royersford Holdings LLC can build a continuing care facility with 1,203 units.

Upper Providence Township Solicitor Joseph Bresnan presented a zoning change the township was considering at the January 16 supervisors’ meeting. The change would reduce the number of units down to 679 allowing for more open space and the construction of conventional townhouses instead of nursing home units.

Bresnan said the proposal was drafted as a result of a push from residents to stop the continuing care facility from being built.

“This ordinance was drafted after hearing from people who said, ‘We need better.’ To us, better meant fewer units and removing the medical care facility,” he explained.

Speakers at the meeting were opposed to this option, saying that the developer should be forced to work within the existing zoning in hopes they won’t be able to meet all required conditions.

Read more about the Upper Providence Parkhouse zoning issue at Maine Line Times & Suburban.

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