LEGAL NOTICE
The Horsham Township Zoning Hearing Board will meet for a regular meeting on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at 7:00PM, in the Horsham Township Building, located at 1025 Horsham Road, to consider the following applications and any other business properly presented before the Board:
HTZHB 25-15 ANTHONY BOERNER AND LINDSAY BOERNER AND JARED ALFONSO: Applicants propose to convert the second-story storage area of a 1,877 square-foot detached garage into a 970 square foot in-law suite on the property, which is currently improved with a 2,864 square- foot single-family dwelling with a 1,451 square-foot print, located at 1308 Biwood Road in the Township’s R-2 Residential District. In order to facilitate the proposed in-law suite, Applicants seek variance relief from the following sections of the Horsham Township Zoning Ordinance, as amended: (1) Article IV, Section 230-15(C), relating to permitted accessory dwellings in the Township; and (2) Article IV, Section 230-16(F), relating to permitted total gross floor area for accessory use buildings in the R-2 District. Applicants’ requested variance relief, if granted, will permit: (1) an in-law suite as an accessory use, where such use as proposed is not expressly permitted under the Ordinance; and (2) a gross floor area totaling 158.6% of the dwelling’s footprint, where 105.6% currently exists, and a maximum of 50% of the dwelling’s footprint is permitted under the Ordinance.
HTZHB 25-16 KALPESH PANSURIYA: Applicant proposes to install a 4.5-foot high aluminum picket fence within the property’s 50-foot perimeter buffer located at 1005 Oak Ridge Drive in the Township’s R-1 Residential District. In order to facilitate the proposed fence, Applicant seeks variance relief from Article V, Section 230-31(B)(2)(g) of the Horsham Township Zoning Ordinance, as amended, permitting fences within a perimeter buffer area only if approved by Township Council as part of the subdivision and/or land development approval that created the perimeter buffer. Applicant’s requested variance relief, if granted, will permit the proposed fence without such approval.
HTZHB 25-17 MG PROPERTY LLC: Applicant proposes to redevelop and convert an existing bank building by reducing the space within the building and construct an addition to it for a multi-tenant retail/restaurant and bank use on the property located at 732 Norristown Road in the Township’s C-2 Commercial District. In order to facilitate the proposed improvements, Applicant seeks variance relief from the following sections of the Horsham Township Zoning Ordinance, as amended: (1) Article V, Section 230-32, relating to the minimum off-street parking spaces required under the Ordinance; and (2) Article V, Section 230-33(F(2), relating to the size requirement for parking spaces under the Ordinance. Applicant’s requested variance relief, if granted, will permit (1) 70 parking spaces, where 69 currently exist, and a minimum of 125 parking spaces are required under the Ordinance; and (2) the proposed parking spaces with dimensions of 9 feet by 20 feet, where 9 feet by 18 feet currently exist, and 10 feet by 20 feet is required under the Ordinance.
HTRZHB 25-18 NICHOLAS DELLA VECCHIA: Applicant seeks to retain a basketball court within the property’s building envelope, within the Riparian Corridor Conservation District and construct an in-ground pool with cabana and fencing on the property located at 735 Butler Pike in the Township’s R-3 Residential District. In order to facilitate the proposed improvements, Applicant seeks variance relief from the following sections of the Horsham Township Zoning Ordinance, as amended: (1) Article V, Section 230-49(E)(5), relating to environmental protections and prohibited uses and structures within the Riparian Corridor Conservation District; and (2) Article IX, Section 230-61(E)(1), relating to front yard setback requirements under the Ordinance. Applicant’s requested variance relief, if granted, will permit: (1) the basketball court and pool grading within the Riparian Corridor Conservation District, where under the Ordinance such improvements and activities are otherwise not permitted; and (2) a front yard setback of 22.55 feet from the Welsh Road ultimate right-of-way, where 50 feet currently exists, and a minimum of 50 feet is required under the Ordinance.