Poley Park Skate Park

About this project

The Municipality of Norristown is proposing a skate park and two pavilions, one of them ADA-accessible, at Poley Park on West Marshall Street, on a 1.9-acre site. The park is mostly wooded apart from an existing parking lot, and it sits beside Stony Creek. Some trees would be removed to make room for a stormwater basin by the creek. The county generally supports the plan but has concerns about the requested landscaping and stream-buffer waivers.

County planning commission: Supports, with comments

Issues raised: waivers for landscape plantings and tree replacement not consistent with county green infrastructure goals, streamside buffer reduced to 25 feet after trees removed for stormwater basin, stormwater basin placement next to Stony Creek and its vehicle load capacity, NPDES permit needed if earth disturbance exceeds one acre, erosion and sedimentation controls needed during construction near the creek, unclear relief procedure under stormwater chapter versus subdivision chapter

Engineer / rep.

Cornerstone Consulting Engineers & Design Services, Inc.

Zoning

R-2, LI-MU

Approvals needed

waivers from landscape planting requirements, waivers from tree replacement and tree preservation requirements, waiver from 100-foot streamside buffer requirement, riparian corridor management plan approval by Municipal Council