Waste Management plans to add to its Holmesburg facility. Image/Google Maps

As part of its contract with the City of Philadelphia, Waste Management already runs a single-stream recycling facility on a portion of its 42-acre site in Holmesburg.

Pending approval from the Zoning Board of Adjustment, Waste Management will add a facility to the property to do something with the 20,000 tons per month in waste the recycling center brings in [zoning plan PDF].

Tara Hemmer, director of area recycling operations for Waste Management, brought the proposal to last night’s Holmesburg Civic Association, where she explained how the Process Engineered Fuel facility would work. Waste Management plans to build a 59,000-square foot building on its property, which extends east toward the Delaware River from Bleigh Avenue and Milnor Street. continue reading »

Tacony Civic Association board member Lou Iatarola reviews zoning matters at the September 2011 meeting.

Lou Iataroloa had less than an hour to zip through a dozen active zoning issues in Tacony at Tuesday’s civic association meeting.

Before 15th District Capt. Frank Bachmayer took the floor at 8 p.m. for his town hall meeting, the association board had an hour to review old business, new business and upcoming meetings.

The zoning issues involved a variety of issues, including illegal duplexes and auto body shops. The rundown Iatarola, a TCA board member, is below. For pending permits and variances, neighbors living within 500 feet of the properties in question will receive a notice prior to the TCA’s meeting and the Zoning Board of Adjustment hearing. continue reading »

At a July rally, neighbors protested a proposed methadone clinic on Frankford Avenue in Holmesburg

“The Zoning Board of Adjustment will take three weeks to announce their decision on whether to revoke the permit for the proposed methadone clinic in my district,” State Rep. Kevin Boyle said after today’s hearing.

Neighbors joined politicians today in Center City as Councilwoman Joan Krajewski led the appeal on the clinic’s over-the-counter permits for a facility on the 7900-block of Frankford Avenue in Holmesburg. continue reading »

An estimated 750 people attended a meeting at Lincoln High School to protest the methadone clinic proposed for the 7900-block of Frankford Avenue in Holmesburg.

A bus will depart Lincoln High School at noon tomorrow, carrying residents from Holmesburg, Mayfair and beyond to Center City, where a hotly contested methadone clinic will come under review at the Zoning Board of Adjustment.

Councilwoman Joan Krajewski and others are expected to ask the city to remove the proposed clinic’s over-the-counter permit and prevent it from operating at Frankford Avenue and Decatur Street. continue reading »

Hundreds attended a rally last week to express opposition to a methadone clinic on the 7900-block of Frankford Avenue.

Councilwoman Joan Krajewski’s office announced earlier this month plans to appeal the city permits that would allow Healing Way, Inc. to open a methadone clinic on the 7900-block of Frankford Avenue.

An update came today from staffer Linda Lawrence, who says Krajewski’s request for an Aug. 31 hearing with the Zoning Board of Adjustment has been met. The hearing, open to the public, will be on the 18th floor of 1515 Arch St. at 1 p.m. continue reading »

About a dozen protesters gathered Sunday outside St. Thomas Syro Malabar Catholic Church Sunday to oppose a zoning variance. Photo by Maureen Greene.

Bustleton resident Maureen Greene sent us the following update from Wednesday’s Zoning Board of Adjustment hearing, at which Tacony Academy Charter School was was set to request a zoning variance to send kindergarten and first-grade students to St. Thomas Syro Malabar Catholic Church at 608 Welsh Rd.

“The hearing for the variance to allow a charter school to rent parts of St. Thomas Church was continued on Wednesday without a date for a new hearing.

The attorney for the Church confirmed that the charter school withdrew from their plans and the Church had to evaluate what they were going to do. continue reading »

Plans for the Wawa at Grant Avenue and Krewstown road include knocking down most of the existing shopping center and adding parking.

Demolition for the BP gas station at Grant Avenue and Krewstown Road is set to begin in the next two to three weeks. A full service  Wawa will replace it.

E. June Spring, a senior real estate manager for Wawa followed up at last night’s Greater Bustleton Civic League meeting on the presentation the convenience store made at the group’s last general meeting. With approval from the GBCL, Wawa will now go before the Zoning Board of Adjustment for a variance and a certificate.

GBCL members put up little fight for the variance required to change the name on the existing sign from BP to Wawa and the certificate to allow for the sale of food.

It was traffic that most concerned the approximately 60 people in attendance. continue reading »

Holmesburg Civic Association's September meeting

UPDATE (Sept. 15, 9:28 pm) — HCA President Fred Moore tells us the Holmesburg Library will re-open in two weeks. This information came from the office of Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz.

Last night was the first of many bi-monthly and monthly meetings for the Tacony Civic Association and Holmesburg Civic Association, respectively.

The two, who worked together on zoning issues over the summer, held their first civic meetings of the 2010-2011 seasons. Each drew between 20 and 30 residents, and board members at both tackled questions about zoning and I-95 roadwork. continue reading »

The Mayfair Civic Association will host a followup meeting tomorrow night in relation to the prop0sed Paddy Whacks at Frankford Avenue and Glenview Street.

While the Civic has already sided with the neighbors to oppose the zoning, Paddy Whacks owners will still have a chance to present a case to the Zoning Board of Adjustment. Tomorrow night’s meeting is meant to inform residents about the ZBA hearing and discuss a plan for it. continue reading »

The Mayfair Civic Association will host a second meeting Tuesday to further discuss the proposed zoning of a fourth Paddy Whacks location at Frankford Avenue and Glenview Street.

The first meeting was held Monday for residents to learn the details of the potential transition. Paddy Whacks’ hearing with the Zoning Board of Adjustment will be July 27 at 4 p.m. continue reading »