Sunday, August 9, 2015

Conshohocken zoning hearing board continues hearing for large office building



CONSHOHOCKEN>> The applicant for several variances to allow a large office building on Washington Street Monday night requested a hearing continuance from the Conshohocken Zoning Hearing Board and the continuance was granted.

One of the five board members, Janis Vacca, was absent but four board members were present. If the board had deadlocked in a 2-to-2 vote on the variance requests, the variance requests would be denied.


Attorney Edmund Campbell Jr., representing O’Neill Properties Group (OPG) of Upper Merion, has asked for variances to build a 420,000-square-foot office building that is 400 linear feet long and 135 feet high, with an impervious coverage of 80 percent on the five-acre parcel. Campbell also asked for a zoning ruling that a proposed, 2,200-space parking garage between the building and the Schuylkill River bank complied with zoning. The zoning code prohibits a parking garage that is parallel to the Schuylkill River.

Conshohocken’s zoning regulations allow an office building that is 250 feet long and 85 feet high, with a maximum impervious coverage of 70 percent.

The board did not schedule the continuance but will readvertise a new hearing date, said board chairman Richard Barton.

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