WARMINSTER TOWNSHIP COMPREHENSIVE PLAN - E-Library

future Land Usebusinesses which serve nearby neighborhoods. This tract should be developed in a manns thatconforms with the dimensions and scale of the borough and provides pedestrian links with theborough core, the train station and adjacent residential neighborhoods.Recommendation: Establish guidelines for development of the Village Office Commercial area asa mixed use center which respect and conform with the established characterof the borough, provides pedestrian links with all surrounding land uses andmaximize its access to the train station.Industrial/UtilitiesAreas designated Industrial/Utility are those appropriate for industrial and utility development or an=already occupied by existing industry or utilities. Industrial facilities are located in the area south ofHamilton Street, east of Oak Avenue and south of Park Avenue. Industrial land use is important to theborough because of the employment and tax revenue that it generates. Chalfont's largest utility, theNorth Wales Water Authority plant supplies drinking water to residents in both Bucks andMontgomery counties and thus provides a necessary service.1I1IIIE -Recommendation: Encourage the location and retention of industrial uses in areas where thenucleus of industry already exists. Ensure that the-im acts of industrial andutility land uses upon residential neighborhoodsGrea 4 inimized.wPark, Open Space, and RecreationThe Open Space and Recreation area contains open space land owned by the borough, boroughparkland and private land in the lloodplain. The s~cam valley of the Neshaminy Creek and its northand west branches, as well as Pinc Run present constraints to development due to llooding, thepresence of wetlands, alluvial soils, and woodlands. These resourccs should be protected fromdevelopment. Because the watershed of the creek extends beyond Chall'ont Borough, watersheddevelopment in New Britain Township will impact the creek and the floodplain in the borough.Therefore, it is particularly important to prevent development in the floodplain areas. Despite theconstraints, these areas also present opportunities for recreation and connection of residentialneighborhoods to the borough core and each other through open space.Recommendation: Continue to enforce wetland, forest protection, and flood plain restrictions.Encourage preservation of stream corridors for passive recreation such ast rai Is.Chalfonr Borough Comprehensive Plan Update Draft 67