Emory Manor

About this project

W.B. Homes is proposing Emory Manor, a seven-lot single-family subdivision on about 8.7 acres at 781 S. Trappe Road in Upper Providence Township. The existing house, detached garage, and driveway on the main parcel would be removed to make way for new homes, each on roughly one-acre lots served by public water and sewer and a new cul-de-sac street.

County planning commission: Supports, with comments

Issues raised: County opposes waiver from identifying mature trees and shrubs, County opposes waiver from building a trail along S. Trappe Road, Recommends a 10-foot multi-use trail along Black Rock Road (SR 0113) frontage, Persimmon Drive sidewalk should be 5 feet wide per township code, Recommends a homeowners association to maintain stormwater facilities, Recommends sidewalks on both sides of the road and cul-de-sac

Applicant

W.B. Homes Land Acquisitions, LP

Engineer / rep.

Van Cleef Engineering

Zoning

R-1

Approvals needed

subdivision approval, waiver of §270-32.C.(2) (aerial/LIDAR survey data in place of full existing features), waiver of §270-32.C.(3)(b) (tree size and species identification), waiver of §270-48.C (cartway width along S. Trappe Road), waiver of §270-51.A(1) (trail construction on S. Trappe Road)

Utilities

public water, public sewer

Demolition

Existing two-story frame dwelling, detached garage, and driveway on the S. Trappe Road parcel