The plan to develop a 58-acre plot of commercial real estate in Lower Nazareth, Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia, has received its first approval from the local board of supervisors.The supervisors granted a conditional-use permit for a two-unit warehouse project...
Area considers eminent domain to fix mortgage problem
The idea hasn't caught on in Philadelphia yet, but officials in one county in a western state think they have a solution for the country's continuing mortgage problems: a form of eminent domain.Municipalities typically invoke eminent domain to acquire property to...
Pennsylvania officials researching cemetery acquisition
Officials in Lansdale Borough, Pennsylvania, are mulling the property acquisition of a cemetery.The owners of a local cemetery at Whites Road and Broad Street in the community, a suburb of Philadelphia, have asked officials to take over the cemetery and mausoleum. The...
Pennsylvania township must decide on age-related zoning change
A development company in a northern Philadelphia suburb must wait at least a few months to learn if its planned housing area can undergo rezoning to modify the age restrictions for residency.Seven years ago, the developer received the permission of the Springfield...
