PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Northampton Township Zoning Hearing Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, September 14, 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. 2026-17, the application of Churchville Property, LLC, for the property located at 114 Bustleton Pike, Churchville, Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, identified as Tax Map Parcel No. 31-21-22. The property is located in the C-2, General Commercial/Office, zoning district. The property is improved with a non-residential building, parking areas, and drive aisles. The Applicant proposes to demolish the existing building and construct a new non-residential building with a revised parking area. The Applicant seeks variances from the following sections of the Northampton Township Zoning Ordinance: (a) from §27-502.3.D to allow a front yard setback of 31.1 feet, or alternatively 9.6 feet, where the required minimum setback is 50 feet; (b) from §27-502.3.E to allow a rear yard setback of 20 feet, where the required minimum setback is 50 feet; (c) from §27-502.5.A and 27-1111.1.E(1) to permit the parking area revisions without adding additional lighting facilities; (d) from §27-1103.1, 2 and 3 to allow the revised parking area to remain and to further encroach into the required minimum buffer for uses in the C-2 zoning district; and (e) from §27-1110.2.A(1) to allow less than the minimum required off-street parking spaces on the property for the expanded non-residential building (14 spaces proposed, when 15 are required).
2. Case No. 2026-18, the application of Michael and Christine O’Brien for the property located at 66 Barley Road, Ivyland, Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, identified at Tax Map Parcel No. 31-71-14. The property is located in the R-1, Single-Family, zoning district. The property is improved with a detached single-family residential dwelling. The Applicants propose to construct a new 1,800 square feet detached pole barn. The Applicants seek variances from the following sections of the Northampton Township Zoning Ordinance: (a) from §27-1105.2.A(1) to permit the new barn to have a footprint of 1,800 square feet, where the maximum permitted footprint is 1,000 square feet on properties less than 2 acres; (b) from §27-1105.2.A(1) to permit the new barn to be 18.5 feet high, where the maximum permitted height is 15 feet; and (c) from §27-1105.2.A(1) to permit the new barn to have a side yard setback of 10 feet, where the required minimum setback is 15 feet.
3. Case No. 2026-19, the application of Stanely Kopchinski, by and through his agent Albert F. Gillick, for the property located at 894 Temperance Lane, Ivyland, Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, identified as Tax Map Parcel No. 31-10-9-11. The property is located in the AR, Agricultural-Residential, zoning district. The property is improved with a single-family detached residential dwelling. The Applicant proposes an in-ground swimming pool and deck. The Applicant seeks variances from the following sections of the Northampton Township Zoning Ordinance: (a) from §27-303.1.A(5) to permit an impervious surface ratio of 32%, where the existing ratio is 28.85%, and the maximum ratio permitted by right is 18%; and (b) from §27-1127 to permit the impervious surface ratio to exceed the additional 5% allotment when a stormwater management system is installed.
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
