Sunday, July 15, 2007

Liberty Forge plans housing, resort hotel

Owners of Liberty Forge recreation complex in Lower Allen Township unveiled plans Monday for a resort community built around the golf course.

Plans for the Villages of Liberty Forge include 582 condominiums, a 200-bed resort hotel and a 100-bed nursing home with the 18-hole executive length golf course remaining as the centerpiece of the project.

The design, which is very preliminary, also calls for the construction of a bridge across Lisburn Road for pedestrians and golf carts to link the resort site to a new restaurant already approved on the west side of the road, adjacent to the driving range and Yellow Breeches Creek, project engineer Bony Dawood said.

The commissioners took no action Monday on Liberty Forge’s request for changes to the township zoning ordinance to allow the development of age-qualified senior communities, condominium apartments, nursing home, continuing-care retirement communities and rural resorts in an area zoned for single-family homes.

A public hearing on the proposed zoning changes is scheduled for 7 p.m. Aug. 20. A second hearing will follow at a later date should the commissioners agree to draft zoning law changes. Read more » »

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