Berks-Mont Newspapers - Saucon News - 08/17/2005 -... -
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Published on: 8/17/2005
Last Visited: 8/19/2005
However, a letter from their realtor, Chuck Schneider, of Prudential MGM Real Estate, has caused the couple new concerns.
When Schneider listed the 18-acre parcel with Lower Saucon Township, he received a copy of Ordinance 2005-01 describing the township's provision to protect its natural resources.
According to Schneider, the ordinance requires woodlands to have a protection rate of 80 percent and allows for no more than 20 percent of the area to be cleared.
Schneider informed the Buddocks that this might impact the sale and/or price of their property since builders would be able to put less homes on the same acreage.The amendment, he told them, effectively changes the zoning in a "RA" (Rural Agricultural) area from a 2-acre minimum lot size to essentially 5 acres.