The next Bridgeton Twp. Planning Commission/BTPC meeting is today, Tuesday, July 25th at 7:30 pm .

This BTPC meeting will be live at the Township Building and on Zoom and may be recorded.

To join the Zoom Meeting, click this link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/2265158569?pwd=bmJuY3FOUTRNNkxSa1lFZkt3NWdPUT09

Bridgeton Township Planning Commission Agenda for July 25, 2023    
1) Call to order at 7:30 p.m.                                                                                                         

2) Requests from the public to be heard:  

3) Review and approval of the June 27, 2023 draft minutes.  

4) The BridgetonTwp.Comprehensive Plan update; Roger Keller, Lead:

The proposed Bridgeton Township Comprehensive Plan (CP):

The BTPC announced the start of the CP 45-day review period on 6/27/23;

A link accessing the proposed updated Comprehensive Plan draft was posted on the Bridgeton Township website and a physical copy of the updated CP draft was made available at the township’s municipal building for public viewing; As noted above, follows is the link to the latest draft of the plan: https://app.sharebase.com/#/document/17422359/share/129-LdvO66PHtKf9n-n8IvrfvvqJGA4 

Letters were sent out on 6/29/2023 to the surrounding municipalities and the school district, notifying these entities of the 45-day review period

Notice of the 7/25/2023 presentation of the CP to the public posted.  

Public presentation of the proposed draft Bridgeton Township Comprehensive Plan update by Bryn-Erin Kerr, Planner with the Bucks County Planning Commission and the Bridgeton Township Planning Commission.

Community input is important, please send your comments to: 

email:
info@bridgetontwp.org

by mail:
PO Box 200, Upper Black Eddy, PA 18972

Or place into the drop box located at the front of the Bridgeton Township municipal building at 1370 Bridgeton Hill Road, UBE, PA. 18972
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As we updated our current 1994 Comp. Plan some of our thoughts were: What are Bridgeton’s challenges since last Twp Comp. Plan of 1994? Should the Comp Plan Map/pg. 31 be changed?
How/in what way? -Ref. the CP Map…
What are Bridgeton Townships land use goals? -Ref. the CP Map…
What is our vision? 
“What do we want to be?” -Decide what we DON’T want in the plan. What maps should be included and available as digital, GIS and paper  

A few census stats from:  The U.S. Census, type “Bridgeton Township, Bucks County, PA” into their search bar. https://data.census.gov/cedsci/          
The county data portal includes a parcel viewer, pipeline viewer, county documents, historical aerials, ag. and open space properties mapping: https://dataportal-bucksgis.opendata.arcgis.com/#County%20Initiatives  
The parcel viewer has a number of useful overlays, including various imagery, zoning, land use, and natural resources: https://bucksgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=2eda3020dd9847eaa00d1d6c0764a607  
The 2011  County Comprehensive Plan  explores issues on a regional basis.
With the 2020 census completed, the latest County CP info. updatesat:www.bucks2040.com  and   https://bucks2040-bucksgis.hub.arcgis.com/                                           

6) BT Planning Commissioners Comments:  The next BTPC meeting will be on Tuesday, August 22, 2023.  

7) Public comments  

8) Adjournment                  

The next Bridgeton Twp. Planning Commission/BTPC meeting is today, Tuesday, June 27th at 7:30 pm .

This BTPC meeting will be live at the Township Building and on Zoom and may be recorded.

To join the Zoom Meeting, click this link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/2265158569?pwd=bmJuY3FOUTRNNkxSa1lFZkt3NWdPUT09

Bridgeton Township Planning Commission Agenda for June 27, 2023

1) Call to order at 7:30 p.m. This Zoom meeting may be recorded.

2) Requests from the public to be heard:

3) Review and approval of the May 23, 2023 draft minutes.

4) Sketch Plan Request for TMP # 03-010-032, – 1379 Chestnut Ridge
Road, UBE, PA.; applicant- Linda Emerson.
>Distributed paperwork: Sketch Plan review by B. Twp. Engineer, Timothy
Fulmer, P.E.; and application form.

5) Updating the Bridgeton Twp. Comprehensive Plan Lead/Roger Keller:
Objective for this BTPC meeting: is to complete working toward coming to a consensus on a few last CP update items and moving the CP update forward.
>Requests, discussion of any changes and, or additions to the CP, or to
the ‘Summary’ and ‘Recommendations’ sections of the draft.
>Land Use
>BTPC motion to start the Comprehensive Plan 45-Day review
Going forward,- Per the Bucks County Planning Commission:
The Bridgeton Planning Commission can begin the adoption period once they
are satisfied with the plan. You can announce the start of the review period
at a BTPC meeting, and then the Bucks County Planning Commission will
work on sending letters out to the surrounding municipalities and school
district, notifying these entities of the review period.
The plan just needs to be posted for public viewing. Usually this is on the
municipality’s website with a physical copy also made available at the
municipal building. There is no legal requirement to advertise in the local
news source or on social media, but these extra steps can certainly be
taken

The township just needs to advertise the public meeting as it would any
other meeting and put the action item on the agenda. The date does not
need to be set when you announce the start of the review period. It would
make the most sense to just have the BCPC present the plan at your
regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting via Zoom as we have
been doing. The public meeting can occur within the 45-day review period.
So if you decide to start the review period at your May meeting, we could
meet in June to present the plan to the public.
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Thinking about as we update our current 1994 Comp. Plan…
-What are Bridgeton’s challenges since last Twp Comp. Plan of 1994?
-Should the Comp Plan Map/pg. 31 be changed? How/in what way?
-Ref. the CP Map…What are Bridgeton Townships land use goals?
-Ref. the CP Map… What is our vision? “What do we want to be?”
-Decide what we DON’T want in the plan.
-What maps should be included and available as digital, GIS and paper
>A few census stats from: The U.S. Census, type “Bridgeton Township,
Bucks County, PA” into their search bar. https://data.census.gov/cedsci/
>The county data portal includes a parcel viewer, pipeline viewer, county
documents, historical aerials, ag. and open space properties mapping:
https://dataportal-bucksgis.opendata.arcgis.com/#County%20Initiatives
>The parcel viewer has a number of useful overlays, including various
imagery, zoning, land use, and natural resources:
https://bucksgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=2eda3
020dd9847eaa00d1d6c0764a607
>The 2011 County Comprehensive Plan explores issues on a regional basis.
>With the 2020 census completed, the latest County CP info. updates at:
http://www.bucks2040.com  and https://bucks2040-bucksgis.hub.arcgis.com/     
                
6) Planning Commissioners Comments:
The next BTPC meeting will be on Tuesday, July 25, 2023; this will
be a public presentation of the draft Comprehensive Plan update.
The BTPC does not plan on including any other discussions at this
time to be on the BTPC July 25, 2023 agenda.
7) Public comments
8) Adjournment

The next Bridgeton Twp. Planning Commission/BTPC meeting is tomorrow, Tuesday, May 23rd at 7:00 pm .

This BTPC meeting will be live at the Township Building and on Zoom and may be recorded.

To join the Zoom Meeting, click this link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/2265158569?pwd=bmJuY3FOUTRNNkxSa1lFZkt3NWdPUT09

Bridgeton Township Planning Commission Agenda for May 23, 2023

1) Call to order at 7:30 p.m.    This Zoom meeting may be recorded.                                                                                                   

2) Requests from the public to be heard:

3) Review and approval of the April 25, 2023 draft minutes.

4) Updating the Bridgeton Twp. Comprehensive Plan Lead/Roger Keller:

Objective for this BTPC meeting: is to complete working toward coming to a consensus on a few last CP update items and moving the CP update forward.

>Requests, discussion of any changes and, or additions to the CP, or to the ‘Summary’ and ‘Recommendations’ sections of the draft.

>Land Use – Zoning Districts

>Going forward,- Per the Bucks County Planning Commission:

The Bridgeton Planning Commission can begin the adoption period once they are satisfied with the plan. You can announce the start of the review period at a BTPC meeting, and then the Bucks County Planning Commission will work on sending letters out to the surrounding municipalities and school district, notifying these entities of the review period.

The plan just needs to be posted for public viewing. Usually this is on the municipality’s website with a physical copy also made available at the municipal building. There is no legal requirement to advertise in the local news source or on social media, but these extra steps can certainly be taken.

The township just needs to advertise the public meeting as it would any other meeting and put the action item on the agenda. The date does not need to be set when you announce the start of the review period. It would make the most sense to just have the BCPC present the plan at your regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting via Zoom as we have been doing. The public meeting can occur within the 45-day review period. So if you decide to start the review period at your May meeting, we could meet in June to present the plan to the public.

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Thinking about as we update our current 1994 Comp. Plan…

-What are Bridgeton’s challenges since last Twp Comp. Plan of 1994?

-Should the Comp Plan Map/pg. 31 be changed? How/in what way?

-Ref. the CP Map…What are Bridgeton Townships land use goals?

-Ref. the CP Map… What is our vision?  “What do we want to be?”

-Decide what we DON’T want in the plan.

-What maps should be included and available as digital, GIS and paper

>A few census stats from:  The U.S. Census, type “Bridgeton Township, Bucks County, PA” into their search bar. https://data.census.gov/cedsci/          

>The county data portal includes a parcel viewer, pipeline viewer, county documents, historical aerials, ag. and open space properties mapping: https://dataportal-bucksgis.opendata.arcgis.com/#County%20Initiatives

>The parcel viewer has a number of useful overlays, including various imagery, zoning, land use, and natural resources: https://bucksgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=2eda3020dd9847eaa00d1d6c0764a607

>The 2011  County Comprehensive Plan  explores issues on a regional basis.

>With the 2020 census completed, the latest County CP info. updates at:  www.bucks2040.com  and   https://bucks2040-bucksgis.hub.arcgis.com/     

6) Planning Commissioners Comments: 

The next BTPC meeting will be on Tuesday, June 27, 2023

7) Public comments

8) Adjournment