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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Lower Southampton Township Zoning Hearing Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, beginning at 7:00 P.M. at the Lower Southampton Township Administration Building, 1500 Desire Avenue, Feasterville, PA 19053 for the purpose of considering the following application:

Application Z24-05. Application of Trinetra Realty Holdings PA LP, owner of the property, located at 1150 Bustleton Pike, identified as Bucks County Tax Map Parcel No. 21-007-157 (the “Property”), located in the C-2 Heavy Commercial Zoning District of Lower Southampton Township. Applicant seeks to reestablish a Use 35 Motor Vehicle Fueling Station, now with a combination gas station/ convenience store use on the subject property. Applicant originally sought the following variances in order to reestablish the use: (1) §27- 902.B, to allow a building area of 29.2%, where no more than 25% of the area of each lot shall be occupied by buildings; (2) from §27-902.D, to permit a side yard setback distance of 5.7 feet, where a minimum of 20 feet is required; (3) from §27-902.E, to permit impervious surface coverage of 98%, where a maximum of 60% is permitted; and, (4) from §27-1901, to permit 16 parking spaces, where 40 are required. Applicant has amended the application to include the following additional relief: a variance from §27-902.D and §27-1716.1 to allow a minimum side yard of 5.7 feet, where 20 feet is required; and, acknowledgement of the following nonconformities or revision thereto, or variance therefrom; (1) §27-901.2, to permit a motor vehicle fueling station by special exception (asserting the site was previously a gas station);

(2) §27-902.A to permit a lot area of less than one acre (asserting that the existing lot for the prior use is .584 acres); (3) §27-902.C and §27-1715.1, to permit a front yard of 12.59 feet, where 35 feet is permitted (asserting that the existing front yard is 0 feet); (4) §27-902.E, to permit an impervious surface area of 90%, where 60% is permitted (asserting that the site is currently 90% impervious cover); (5) §27-902.F and §27-1717, to permit a rear yard of 4.53 feet, where 35 feet is required (asserting that the existing structure is two feet from the rear property line);

(6) §27-1403.E(13)(a)(3), which requires a minimum lot area in the C-2 District of two acres (.584 acres exists); (7) §27-1403.E(13)(a)(4) and §27-1711, to permit a lot width of 190 feet, where 250 feet is required (asserting an existing condition); (8) §27-1403.E(13)(d), to permit the proposed fuel pumps and canopies to be 12.59 feet from the ultimate right of way, where 25 feet is required (asserting 0 feet from ultimate right of way as an existing condition); and,

(9) §27-1710, to permit the use of the lot smaller than what is permitted in the zoning district.

All interested persons are invited to attend and participate in accordance with the rules and procedures prescribed by Lower Southampton Township Zoning Hearing Board.

TIMOTHY DONAHUE

SECRETARY