Montgomery County · Lower Merion · MCPC #24-0054-002
SOPI - 223 Highland Ave
223 N Highland Avenue, Lower Merion, PA · 2,976 sq ft non-residential, school · 6.14 acres
About this project
Kohelet Yeshiva High School is proposing a new building addition on its campus at 223 N Highland Avenue in Merion Station, along with an expanded parking area, new landscaping, and new site lighting. The addition adds about 2,976 square feet of non-residential space on a roughly 6-acre site, and no homes are involved. The county's April 2024 review found no new comments and said the expanded landscaping appears to address its earlier concerns.
County planning commission: No position
Issues raised: pedestrian safety at Old Lancaster Road and Melrose Avenue, relocating the bus stop and adding a shelter, width of the pedestrian walkway next to the addition, parking lot lighting uniformity ratio above IES guidance, stormwater system evaluation before expansion, return to Historic Commission with final plans
- Applicant
- Kohelet Yeshiva High School
- Engineer / rep.
- Chester Valley Engineers, Inc.
- Zoning
- IE1
- Approvals needed
- preliminary land development plan approval, conditional use (expansion of existing use under 3896CU)
Filing history
- 2024-04-19 · MCPC #24-0054-002 · Land Dev Plan, Prelim Plan, Resubmission · 2,976 sq ft
- 2024-03-07 · MCPC #24-0054-001 · Land Dev Plan, Prelim Plan, Conditional Use · 2,976 sq ft
County review letters
2024-03-07 · LMERI 24-0054-001r.pdf
2024-04-19 · LMERI 24-0054-002r.pdf
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Scope estimate for contractors
Estimated construction value: $1.0M
- ~14 roofing squares (assumes 2 stories)
- ~7 tons of cooling (rule of thumb 400 sq ft/ton)
- New building addition with sprinklers
- Parking lot expansion with porous paving
- Concrete pad and sidewalk work
- New parking lot landscaping and plantings
- Exterior site lighting replacement and new fixtures
- Stormwater conveyance modifications
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