PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Northampton Township Zoning Hearing Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, May 11, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. at the Northampton Township Municipal Building, 55 Township Road, Richboro, PA to consider the following applications:
1. Case No. 2026-6, the application of Addisville Commons, L.P., for the property located at 880-940 Second Street Pike, Richboro, Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, identified as Tax Map Parcel No. 31-9-2-8. The property is located in the C-2, General Commercial/Office, and R-2, Single-Family, zoning districts and the Village Overlay District. The Property is improved with several retail, financial establishment, commercial, and office uses located in six (6) non-residential buildings, together with drive aisles and parking areas, collectively used as a shopping center. The Applicant seeks a variance from Northampton Township Zoning Ordinance §27-1605.2.A to permit a second freestanding sign on the property, where no more than one freestanding sign is permitted.
2. Case No. 2026-7, the application of LMK Equities, LLC, for the property located at 120 Bustleton Pike, Churchville, Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, identified as Tax Map Parcel No. 31-21-21. The property is located in the C-2, General Commercial/Office, zoning district. The property is improved with a vacant non-residential building. The Applicant proposes to convert the existing building into three (3) residential apartment dwelling units. The Applicant seeks a variance from Northampton Township Zoning Ordinance §27-502 to allow a multiple dwelling unit apartment use in the existing building, where such use is not permitted in the C-2 zoning district.
3. Case No. 2026-8, the application of Council Rock School District, for the property located at 400-420 East Holland Road, Holland, Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, identified as Tax Map Parcel No. 31-35-5. The property is located in the IP, Institutional/Public, zoning district. The property is adjacent to properties located in the R-1, Single-Family, and R-2, Single-Family, zoning districts. The property is used for an educational use. It is improved with the Holland Middle School, the Hillcrest Elementary School, and other related improvements. The Applicant proposes a classroom addition and a new wall sign on the north elevation to Holland Middle School. The Applicant seeks variances from the following sections of the Northampton Township Zoning Ordinance: (a) from §27-803.1, §27-405.2.B(5) and §27-406.2.B(5) to permit an impervious surface ratio of 17.2%, where the maximum impervious surface ratio permitted by right is 12%, which is the ratio permitted in the adjacent R-1 and R-2 zoning districts; and (b) from §27-1604.9, §27-1608, and Attachment 1 to allow the additional wall sign to add 104.32 square feet of sign area to the existing wall elevation.
The applications and accompanying documents are available for review. Please contact Mike Solomon, Director of Planning and Zoning, at 215-357-6800, ext. 214, or by e-mail at msolomon@nhtwp.org, so that arrangements can be made to provide the documents to you. If any person with a disability wishes to attend the hearing scheduled for this date and requires an auxiliary aid, service, or other accommodations to participate, please phone 215-357-6800 to discuss how Northampton Township may best accommodate your needs.
Northampton Township Zoning Hearing Board
John C. Fenningham, Esq., Chair
By: Thomas J. Walsh III, Esq., Solicitor
