The Middletown Board of Supervisors will appeal the decision of the township’s Zoning Hearing Board to allow a multi-lane shooting range in the Newport Plaza Shopping Center on New Falls Road in Levittown.
Supervisors Chairperson Tom Tosti and Vice Chairperson Mike Ksiazek voted for the appeal along with supervisors Amy Strouse and Bill. Oettinger. Supervisor George Leonhauser voted against the appeal.
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In December, the Zoning Hearing Board approved the plans and granted a use variance for the proposed facility.
The original plans, as stated by businessman Nicholas Lostracco, were to include a multi-lane shooting range in a long-vacant 6,900-square-foot retail store next to Tony’s Old Fashion Meat Store in the Newport Plaza Shopping Center in the 4500 block of New Falls Road.
Lostracco, who is a co-owner of the shopping center, told zoners the spot has been vacant for years and competition between area shopping centers has made it hard to find a tenant, despite many attempts.
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