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Lower Bucks County Boundary I 1. BRISTOL TOYBSHIP OFFICIALS: . a Edna M. Roth .........Township Executive ............ .BBXSTOL TOYISHIP COUICIL Harold Saxt on .............President Theresa Brad1 ey ..........Vice- Pr e sident Carl Cini .................Member David Hite ................Member James McCullen ............. .Member ...... .BRIS'POL TOYBSHIP PLMBIMG COMMISSIOI Freas Ertwine ..............Chairman Jeffrey Gibbons .......... Vice-Chairman William Rice .............. .Member Susan Bell Lyle ............. .Member Albert Eckart ...............Member Stanley P. Gawel. .. .Township Hanaging Director . BBISTOL TOWSHIP COl4PBEBBBSIVE PLW 1986 - 2006 . TABLE OF COHTEBPS Page . Introduction and Sumnary 1 Resolution of Bri8tOl Tounship Planning Commission Adopting Plan 7 Hist oric Development 9 . Reoent Development and Growth Problems 13 Planning and Zoning History 16 > The Development of Levittown and . U.S. Steel 17 > Government and Governmental Change in I Bristol Township 21 The Demographics of Bristol Township 24 w > Population and Racial Characteristics 24 > Age of the Population 25 I > Employment 30 . > The Labor Force 31 > Transportation to Work 32 > Occupations of Township Residents 33 I. I. > Income Characteristics 35 > Housing Characteristics 38 E~istingConditions - 1986 41 . > Population and Growth 47 Topographic Feature8 51 > Soil Drainage 51 . > Subsurface Drainage 52 . Table of Contents Continued e > Surf ace Water Resources 54 > The Delaware River 54 > The Neshaminy Creek 55 > Mill Creek 56 > Ground Water Resources 56 I. I. > Ground Water Potential 57 Climate 57 Air Quality 58 Fiscal Analysis of Bristol Township's . Tax Base: 1976 - 1986 60 > Analysis of Industrial Land Assessment 60 > Review and Analysis of the Tax Base for the Ten-Year Period: 1976-1985 62 The Existing and Proposed Hajor Thorooghf are System PO > Problems of the Road System 72 > Other Transportation 80 . Comprehensive Development Plan 82 > Policies 83 > Overall Goal of the Comprehensive Plan 85 > Land Use - Residential - Goal and Ob j ectives 87 > Land Use - Commercial - Goal and Objectives 89 > Land Use - Industrial - Goal and Objectives 90 I. I. I e Table of Contents Continued > Circulation - Goal and Objectives 91 > Land Use - Recreation - Goal and Objectives 92 Land Use Plan 98 > Land Use Policy 98 > Planning Units 106 > Natural Resource Protection and Environmentally Sensitive Areas 127 > Continuing P1 anning 130 Table of Maps t43 Table of Chartsr Graphsr and Tables [51 e e ERISTOL TOYIYSHIP COHPBEBgBSIVE PLAB 1986 - 2006 e l I Page le Lower Bucks County 8 Regional Location 15 Neighborhood Place Names 23 Existing Land Use 45 Physi cal Charac teristics 53 Existing Thoroughfare Plan 71 Proposed Thoroughfare Plan 79 Existing and Proposed Community Facilities 97 Planning Units 108 Proposed Land Use 129 Recommended Special Detailed Study Areas 135 c41 e BRISTOL TOWNSHIP COHPBEEBNSIVE PLAB 1986 - 2006 e TABLE OF CHARTS, GRAPHS* AHD TABLES Page e Chart 1: Comparison of Real Estate Tax Assessments 1976-1986 61 Chart 2: Property Tax Receipts Source by Category of Zoning 67 0 Graph: Growth of Population - 1930-2010 50 Table: Acreage of Land Use by Categories - 1986 46 Table: Population Grow th/Decline 48 Table: Popul atlon Proj ecti ons 49 Table 1: Analysis of Real Estate Assessments e 1976-1986 63 Table 2: Analysis of Industrial Land l Assessment 1976-1986 64 Table 3: Number of Acres of Open Space 65 e Table 4: Comparison of Millage Distribution 1976-1986 69 Table: Standards for Thoroughfares 80 0 Table: Existing and Proposed Public Facillties 93 BRISTOL TOWNSHIP Bucks County, Pennsylvania IBTRODUCTIOI AND SUHMARY OF 1986-2006 BEISTOL TOWNSHIP COHPRBBEBSIVE PLM B ris t ol Tow nship , Pe nnsy lvani a, is 1oca ted twenty- two miles northeast of Center City of Philadelphia. The Township, a community of approximately 60,000 persons, is the only first class township in Bucks County; and, if ranked by population with cities in Pennsylvania, would be the eighth largest in the Commonwealth, with a population greater than the State Capital of Harrisburg, and larger than that of either Lancaster or W ilkes-Barre, Pennsy lvania. Bristol Township is located at a strategic trans- portation hub, with the deep-water channel of the Delaware River forming its eastern boundary, the main line Amtrak/Conrail system passing through the Township, along with the Pennsylvania Turnpike (1-76) and Interstate 95 both serving the community . In 1986, the Township has reached a pivotal point in its development history. Although the Township is now almost 80% developed, several large tracts and numerous small tracts of land &+a-n-d are being considered for development and in some cases redevelopment. The Township's population, after periods of enormous growth, has stabilized; and the Township's economic base is undergoing significant change. All of these factors are important determinants 0 in the development of the 1986-2006 Bristol Township Comprehensive Plan; and, after a year of intensive effort by the Township Planning 0 Commission and Township officials, along with input from citizens of Bristol Township, the following plan has been prepared, presented, and adopted by the Planning Commission by resolution dated December 4, 1986. The comprehensive planning process from which this Plan results was initiated by Township officials and the Planning Commission in February of 1986. The ten-month process of plan development has been analytical, far reaching, and productive. The Township's present status of reaching an 0 advanced stage of development has been clearly recognized and oertain imbalances in land use patterns and development densities within the community have been documented. 0 The Comprehensive Plan recommends that every effort be made to remedy imbalances in land uses. The Plan recommends extensive economic 0 development efforts and the designation of the majority of the developable open lands in the Township for future light industrial and office dev elopment . By increasing tax ratables and creating new employment opportunities in the Township, Bristol Township will become a more balanced total community. -2- 0 Revi talization of unproductive or vacant lands is proposed. Improvements to the primary thorough- fare system serving the Township are major components of the Plan as is the preservation of ecologically sensitive lands adjacent to streams and rivers which flow through and border the Township. The expansion of recreation areas and the provision of facilities to serve the recreation needs of all age groups are proposed. The following are capsule summaries of some, but not all, of the recommendations of the Compre- hensiv e P1an : 1. Expansion of the Township's economic base through completion of industrial and office development at strategic louations throughout the Township, including Keystone Industrial Park, the former Thiokol, Pateraon Parchment, and 3H Airport sites. Provision of additional infrastructure to support light industrial and office I. I. development at these and other looations within the Township as part of the Proposed Land Use Map. 2. Expand uommunity facilities, including parks, through the preservation of floodways, floodplains, and wetlands, including lands adjacent to the Beshamiqy Creek and portions of the land adjacent to the Delaware River. -3- Preservation of wetlands in the Delhaas Woods area near Route 413 is proposed. The expansion of the Township Municipal Building complex is recommended; and the construction of a Community Center adjacent to the Township Municipal Building is proposed for use by general residents and, inparticular, senior citizens. 3. Consolidate retail land uses. The consolidation of commercial uses and the elimination of highway commercial strips is proposed. The development of" a new major retail shopping center in conjunction with efforts to create a commercial town center in the vicinity of Bath Road and Route 413 is also proposed. 4. Proposed regional and Township highway improvements. A high priority is given to the construction of the interconnection between the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Interstate 95; and, an equally high priority is placed on the completion of the southbound off-ramp from 1-95 to Route 413. -4- e 8 Major intersection improvements are proposed at the five-points intersection of New Falls Road, Edgely Road, and Emilie Road. Other intersection improvements are proposed at Route 13 and Route 413 and at Cedar Avenue and Route 13. 0 A major improvement program interrelated with the change in land uses is recommended for the Route 413 corridor through the Township with specific emphasis being placed I) on the portion of Route 413 from the 1-95 off-ramps south to Route 13. This section of Route 413 is proposed to be widened e to four moving lanes with adequate stacking lanes for left-turn movement. Existing land uses in this section of' Route 413 are recommended to be transitioned to office user and a discontinuance of highway commercial use in this corridor is proposed. Extensive landscaping to create a tree-lined boulevard at both Route 413 and portions of Mill Creek Road is recommended. Local connector thoroughfares are proposed to be constructed predominantly in proposed ~ light industrial and recommended office I districts. These thoroughfares are proposed 0 -5- 0 e 0 e to allow access to nonresidential development areas and are designed to bypass residential neighborhoods. 5. The Township's strong pattern of residential neighborhood identification is proposed to be continued, and the Comprehensive Plan
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