PLEASE NOTE/UPDATE: there is NO agenda posted as of 7:45 a.m. the day of this meeting about this meeting! NICE TOUCH! WHAT IS RADNOR TRYING TO HIDE?

Hey concerned Radnor residents, historic preservationists, neighborhood preservations, Little Chicagoans, and other interested parties! 236 North Aberdeen wasn't on this evening's agenda because the realtors, err developers filed an extension letter with Radnor Township - that will extend them approximately a month. This item will most probably resurface in the dead, dead, dead of AUGUST

That means, kids, that we are talking about August 18th, 2008 at 7:00 PM at the Radnor Township Board of Commissioners.

So, yes, in the dead of summer, unless you are vigilent, this neighborhood could be forever negatively and irrevocably changed. Like those fine folks at Rosedon, who wish to put public storage of rich men's cars at Plant and PA in North Wayne, these folks have no true hardship, they just want to develop, don't they? Pick your poison, but the 236 N. Aberdeen plan is simply a bad plan. The folks on North Aberdeen and Willow Ave have suffered enough over the years, no one needs or deserves this. And point of fact there has been no reported good will or contact on the part of these "developers" and isn't that what the Planning Commission asked of them as they passed this loaded buck to the Commissioners in Radnor?

Please attend public meetings and exercise public participation over this and other issues. Write letters to the newspapers Call and write the Ward 1 Commissioner Hank Mahoney. Contact the Radnor Township Manager. When you are contacting, don't forget the erstwile Radnor Township Engineer Let your voices be heard. That is YOUR right as citizens. It's ok to say you don't like plans. Truly. If it affects where you live and pay taxes, have a voice.

Here's hoping the Ward 1 Commissioner advocates for the low rent part of his ward proactively and protectively. Here's hoping the Radnor Community Preservation Coalition takes action. Here's hoping the Delaware Riverkeeper offers an opinion on The Gulph Creek. Here's hoping the Radnor Historical Society and North Wayne Protective get happy too. Save Jonathan Lengel's House. Save The Gulph Creek. Save a Neighborhood. Preserve Neighborhood Character. Say no to bad plans. Demand better. You're worth it.

RELATED: Posted on Thu, Jul 17, 2008
Lingering in limbo
An update on development in Radnor Township
By Sam Strike

...North Wayne

In North Wayne two proposed projects have stalled.

A proposal to build a public-storage facility on Pennsylvania Avenue was stymied when the township’s Zoning Hearing Board voted to deny multiple requests for zoning relief by the Rosendon Holding Company LP in April.

Rosendon, which is on the agenda for the board’s July 17 meeting, is now seeking relief for off-street parking requirements, front-yard and rear-yard setbacks, and parking in front-yard setbacks.

Originally the company had twice as many requests for zoning relief.

The property is zoned Service Commercial so public storage is allowed. But some neighbors expressed concern about the idea while some zoning members expressed concern over the proposed size and scale.

Nearby the owners of the home of a prolific Wayne builder from the 1800s on North Aberdeen Avenue are seeking to demolish the single house and build two twins in its place.

At a May meeting, some members of the Board of Commissioners said they wanted to hold off voting on the subdivision request until the Federal Emergency Management Agency reviews and rules on a floodplain change made by the property owner’s engineer and later approved by the Radnor Township engineer.

As of this week the township got a letter of extension from property owners David Buckley and Sherrie Burlingham. The commissioners will await word from FEMA before revisiting the subdivision proposal.

Also related? Check out this Plea for Responsible Development