8 The Dallas Post NEWS Friday, July 25, 2003 Housing (continued from page 1) Although the township has two large developments and Greenbriar Estates going in, the number of actual lots ap- proved in the township this year is substantially down, said Len Kozick, Township Zoning Officer. “There’s only six so far this year,” he said. That’s com- pared to 25 or 28 this time last year, and 35 to 45 lots in other years. Kozick, who has been zoning officer since 1973, said he thinks Dallas Township still has plenty of room for develop- ment. He said large tracts of land are still located through- out the township, predomi- nantly in Kunkle and East Dal- las. Dallas Borough doesn’t have any developments going on now, but is feeling the effects of a proposed commercial de- velopment within Dallas Town- ship. The proposed “big box” site at Routes 415 and 118 is forcing the borough to make some decisions about what to do with its main downtown in- tersection. With 72 homes, Kingston Township has the second high- est number of planned housing development lots in the region. Windsor Farms is the newest addition to the township and the last to have been approved prior to the new 50/50 ordi- nance. The 44 lot development is located off of Manor Drive in Trucksville. In the same area is the 28 home Sleepy Hollow de- velopment. Zoning Officer Bill Eck said he thinks development in his township has both positive and ‘negative effects. He said on the one hand the housing growth generates money for the township, but on the other “it’s taking away from the name ‘Back, Moun- tain. ” Eck said in an attempt to preserve green space within continued development, the township supervisors recently passed the 50/50 ordinance. The ordinance gives develop- ers the option to cluster the same amount of homes on half of a development’s overall acreage. The change preserves half of the development as green space. These projects also are planned or under construction: The 18 single-family-home Amberwoods development off of Jackson Road (which is off of Old Route 118) and the sev- en single-family-home Hunts- field development, off of Meek- er Road. Both are in Lehman Township. In Jackson Township, Rolling Meadows, a 17 single- family-home development off of Hillside Road behind the Fieldcrest development and Heritage Hills, a 19 single-fam- ily-home development off of Oak Street. (The development extends off of Meadowcrest Manor.) Now under construction at Harveys Lake behind Grotto Pizza is Marina Commons, a 45-unit townhome community. Other developments on the drawing board. Joe Moskovitz, Dallas Bor- ough Manager, said a person who he would not identify has approached the planning com- mission about whether the bor- ough would be interested in the creation of a “high-density cluster development” off of West Center Hill Road. Accord- ing to Moskovitz, much like the 50/50 ordinance in 2 Marina Commons 45 townhomes ae il Approved residential developments Greenbriar Estates 30 assisted-living units Hunstfield 7 single-family homes lackson Township Amberwoods 18 single-family homes =z 5 -- 2 2 30 independent units 5 ES 3 » 2 — no: ov oor Dakota Group 42 townhomes Overbrook Farms 32 single-family homes { A \ Rolling Meadows Heritage Hills 36 single-family homes combined Chase Rd. Hilisieia Rd 60¢€ SInoy Carverton Rd. Balias Township "iq 1ouel Windsor Farms 44 single-family homes Sleepy Hollow 28 single-family homes WE iii Not to scale Housing developments are underway or planned throughout the Back Mountain. This graphic illustrates only those that have been approved by local planning and zoning authorities. Others are being planned. Kingston Township, this devel- opment would put 40 or 50 homes on 20 acres of the 60- acre piece of land. Moskovitz said the planning commission “was very recep- tive to the idea.” Eck, Kingston Township Zoning Officer, said two devel- opments are being considered near the end of Carverton Road. On the drawing board at Harveys Lake is Waterwood, an upscale villa community of over 100 homes planned for the former Hanson’s Amuse- ment Park property. The devel- oper has withdrawn his project for the time being due to pub- lic concern over recent sewer overflows. You can reach the reporter at Lehman (continued from page 1) would be permitted without zoning hearing board ap- proval.” David ‘Sutton, Chairman of the Supervisors, assured resi- dents, “There has been no sub- mission to the Lehman Town- ship Board of Supervisors on a mobile home park. 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