Randts Mill aka Oak Grove Estates

Eco-Bucks continues to participate in proceedings before the Township’s Zoning Hearing Board in connection with a challenge to the Township’s ordinances, this one filed under the name of RONEA Associates, LLC. RONEA is seeking to develop 206 residential dwelling units on 210 acres along Randts Mill Road, bordering Tohickon Creek. The proposed development is in the Township’s RA (Residential Agricultural) zoning district. According to the Township’s engineer, the zoning ordinance would allow RONEA to develop approximately 75 dwelling units, while still protecting the important agricultural soils on the property. Eco-Bucks has retained Thomas Daniels, a nationally recognized Professor of Land Planning at the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Daniels has testified concerning the reasonableness of the Township’s ordinance provisions.

As part of RONEA’s case its land planner has asserted that there is no agricultural industry in Tinicum Township. Eco-Bucks encourages residents who disagree with this facially ridiculous claim to attend upcoming hearings of the Zoning Hearing Board to help educate the Board and the courts about the vibrant agricultural community in Tinicum.

In proceedings before the Township Zoning Hearing Board and in the courts, Eco-Bucks intends to continue to aggressively wage the fight to protect Tinicum and its environs.