Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
Cheers erupted Monday evening when the Middletown Board of Supervisors voted down preliminary subdivision and land development for the 121 homes proposed for the Stone Meadows Farm.
Supervisors Chairman Tom Tosti introduced the motion to deny the plan, which was quickly approved by the four other elected officials.
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Tosti said the reasons for the denial involved too many submitted plans that conflict, failure to submit plans with recommendations from the Planning Commission, failure to respond to some comments, and failure to comply with all comments from the traffic engineer.
Robert Gundlach Jr., an attorney representing Metropolitan Development Group, said some of the Supervisors appeared to have their minds made up before the plans even were presented Monday.
Residents opposed to the plan to develop the 168-acre farm packed the Supervisors meeting. Along with members of the Save Stone Meadows Farm groups that seeks to save the property, they cheered the Supervisors’ vote.
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Metropolitan Development Group sent the township their latest plans on Monday. The developer has shared various iterations of their proposal over the years. They most recently had their plans tabled by the Middletown Planning Commission.
Gundlach said he needs to consult with Metropolitan Development Group on the next steps. The developer had already appealed a previous denial of their plans to the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas.
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The 121-home proposal would divide the development into two sections that have 86 homes off Newtown-Langhorne Road and 35 dwellings off and along Fulling Mill Road. Just under 50 acres of open space, including a floodplain, and 9.45 acres for the existing Stone family homestead and farm buildings are set aside. The lots for each home vary in size from 24,000 square feet to 30,000 square feet.
On Monday, the developer had plans that dropped a proposed connector road to Summit Trace and a traffic light. The offered two options for a 28-foot-wide and a 36-foot-wide streets on two neighborhood roadways. The also offered to improve a portion of Toll Gate Road and construct a lighted pedestrian crossing from the proposed development to Bucks County’s Core Creek Park.
Gundlach said the developer agreed to comply with a number of recommendations proposed by the township.
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
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Eric Clase, vice president of land design services for Gilmore and Associates, said the developer had reached out to the George School to talk about improvements to Newtown-Langhorne Road. He said the school never responded.
The Stone Meadows Farm property is under an agreement of sale with Metropolitan Development Group. Sources have said the estimated purchase price for the property is between $8 and $16 million.
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Residents have raised concerns over traffic in the area, the loss of open space, and the additional municipal services needed.
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