Politics & Government
Middletown Council Approves Plans for New Chick-Fil-A
The township council also, separately, approved preliminary plans for a new sewage provider and route.
may (relatively) soon get to "Eat Mor Chickin." At Monday night’s Middletown Council meeting, the board approved the Conditional Land Use and Revised Final Land Development Plan for a Chick-fil-A restaurant to be built at 1190 W. Baltimore Pike. The restaurant will redevelop the vacant Taco Bell/KFC currently standing on the property.
The plan calls for the demolition of the , which is 3,390 square feet, and replacing it with a 4,275 square foot Chick-fil-A.
John Martinez, of KZA Engineering, said that the plan details 140 inside seats, 12 outside seats, 55 new parking spaces, and a children’s play area accessible through inside doors.
Martinez said that if everything goes according to plan, construction on the restaurant will begin in June, for an approximate opening date sometime in November.
The Council unanimously approved the Conditional Land Use and Revised Final Land Development Plan applications.
In an unrelated matter, the Council also approved an amendment to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Act 537 Delaware County Western Plan of Study.
Middletown Sewer Authority Manager Michael Majeski and Sewer Authority Board Chairman Timothy F. Sullivan explained a plan that calls for a switch in township sewage treatment locations and routing.
The plan is endorsed by the DEP, but the DEP has requested that each Delaware County municipality agree to the plan before the DEP moves forward in finalizing a design and structure for the new sewage routing plans, Majeski said.
The new sewage treatment provider would be Del-CORA, which would be a far cheaper provider in the long run, Majeski said. Because of the time required for planning, designing and implementing, Delaware County will likely not switch to Del-CORA until 2014, Majeski said.
The plan details two possible routes for routing sewage to the Del-CORA plant, neither of which would affect property owners in Middletown, since the new sewage treatment provider is located south of the township, Sullivan said.
The Council unanimously approved the DEP Act 537 Plan amendment.
In other news, a third special meeting regarding the Franklin Mint property is scheduled for Thursday, April 14 at 6:30 p.m. at Penncrest High School.
