E30 Discussion at June 15, 2020, Newtown BOS Work Session

At the June 15, 2020, Newtown Township Board of Supervisors (BOS) meeting, the Board reviewed the details of latest draft of the E30 "Curative Amendment" to the Newtown Area Zoning ordinance. This amendment creates a new use for a combination gas station/convenience store (i.e., Wawa) in each township of the "Jointure" of Newtown, Wrightstown and Upper Makefield. Supervisor Mack asked how this amendment differed from the original "sketch plan" submitted to the BOS by Provco Pineville Acquisitions LLC, which is the Wawa developer. Here are some related stories as background: “Lower Southampton - Another Township Considering Zoning Variances to Allow a Super Wawa Gas Station/Convenience Store”; http://sco.lt/5H0khE “Zoning Hearing Board Proposal for Lower Southampton Super Wawa Reconvenes on January 14”; http://sco.lt/5JFBxI “Here's Where the Wawa on the Newtown Bypass Proposal Now Stands”; http://sco.lt/5KC9se "Municipal Cure" Cannot Prevent Developer From Putting a Wawa on the Bypass in Newtown Township; http://sco.lt/837RkO “If Wawa Comes to Newtown, Will It Be Able to Sell Beer & Wine Like the One in Middletown?”; http://sco.lt/6FfX96 “Upper Gwynedd Township Versus Wawa: A Lesson for Newtown Township?”; http://sco.lt/7pEIYy “Developer Wants Plumstead to Change Its Zoning to Allow More Gas Pumps to Fit the Business Plan of a Super Wawa - A Lesson for Newtown”; http://sco.lt/5eYsXA