North Hills Well Zoning Hearing
On Tuesday night, January 19, the Zoning Hearing Board will be taking up Aqua PA’s application to build a new structure to house its resin ion filtration system that will reduce PFAS levels in our drinking water to non-detectable levels. The structure will be built at the well site on Chelsea Avenue in North Hills.
To learn more about PFAS compounds and why this project is necessary, feel free to click here.
To learn more about the zoning application, read below.
21-01: This is the application of Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc, owner and applicant of the
property addressed as 315 Chelsea Avenue, Glenside, PA 19038. The applicant seeks a Special
Exception pursuant to Section 1906.A of the Abington Township Zoning Ordinance to construct an
addition to the property to house a PFAS treatment system to the existing well
station. Variances are also requested from Section 2103, Use A-13.2 for the 6 foot high fence
proposed within the front yard setback area and from Section 2601.J-1 to install a roof
mounted exhaust fan that will be visible from the adjoining residential use. Finally, the
applicant requests a variance from the landscaping requirements of Section 2403.B-4.a-(4)
and seeks to install an alternative landscaping buffer pursuant to Section 2403.B-4.a-(5) of the
Zoning Ordinance. The property is zoned within the R-4 Residential District of Ward # 6 of
the Township of Abington.
