Diner Developer Seeks Apartments Approval In Hatboro

HATBORO, PA —The second developer with plans to build apartments on York Road is expected to come before the borough on Monday night.

The Hatboro Borough Council is expected to vote on two motions involving the conditional use application submitted by the developer at 21-23 and 37 N. York Road for 102 residential apartments and 4,732 square feet of first-floor retail/commercial/office use space.

The second motion involves a motion to reduce the required parking for the mixed-use development by up to 10 percent under the borough's code of ordinances.

JERC Partners LXIX, LLC last presented plans before the Hatboro Planning Commission in mid-November.

The developers are the second ones to come before the board under the borough new Town Center Ordinance, which allows for mixed-use residential and retail development.

The developer has proposed a three-story building featuring 102 residential units, 4,732 square feet of first-floor retail space, and 3,142 square feet of a first-floor amenity area that would only be for those living in the apartments.

In its revised plans, the developer presented the planning commission with three new artist renderings that fit the borough's historical "look."

The first project under the borough's mixed-use Town Center Ordinancereceived the stamp of approval by the Borough Council at the end of November.

The votes —concluding months of meetings and discussion —clears the way for the construction of a four-story building with 36 "high-end, professional" apartments and retail space on the first floor at the long-dormant CVS property on South York Road.

Last January, the Hatboro Borough Council approved a mixed-use ordinance for a section of York Road after a public hearing of 50 people.

The ordinance allows developers to make proposals that could see building heights go to 60 feet provided they meet certain guidelines, meaning that the downtown district could have taller buildings and apartments.

The option allows for buildings along York Road —from Byberry Road to Montgomery Avenue —to be taller than the current 35 feet allowed.

All plans need final approval by the Hatboro Borough Council.