Regional, Municipal, Town and Neighborhood Planning
Phoenixville Zoning Ordinance
This ordinance was prepared to vastly simplify a zoning ordinance that dated from the 1970s and included 19 base zoning districts and 9 overlay districts. The new ordinance includes just 5 zoning districts that are generally characterized as either “infill” or “growth” areas and employs graphics to help better convey the zoning...
Read MoreSchuylkill Highlands Land Acquisition Analysis
This report was prepared to help advance the conservation goals of the Schuylkill Highland program by providing a demographic profile of population densities and growth characteristic in the study area, along with a basic evaluation of land values and the development potential of parcels within the Schuylkill Highlands nineteen Resource Areas and seven...
Read MorePhoenixville Comprehensive Plan
This comprehensive plan was prepared to provide very specific recommendations for a complete rewrite of the borough’s zoning ordinance. It identified 15 neighborhoods with similar streetscape, density and land development characteristics – which was primarily based on their historic period of development. The plan recommended two zoning approaches: one...
Read MoreEarl Township Open Space/Resource Conservation Easement Plan
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