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Newtown BOS Rejects Chick-fil-A/Old Navy Settlement Agreement

Published: Jan. 14, 2021, 1:09 p.m.

b'At it\'s January, 13, 2021, public meeting, the Newtown Board of Supervisors (BOS) voted 3-2 against agreeing to a settlement with Newtown Bucks Association (NBA) regarding Chick-fil-A and a "retail pad" in the Newtown Shopping Center. \\n\\nNBA intended to make certain traffic/circulation improvements as related to the existing Chick-fil-A restaurant in the Shopping Center, together with a proposed pad that would be used for additional retail space (i.e., proposed Old Navy site).\\n\\nThe agreement would have granted several variances, including allowing additional impervious surface for the retail space, which was the main reason the Zoning Hearing Board originally voted against the application (read "So what\'s the status of the proposed Old Navy at the Newtown Shopping Center?": http://sco.lt/4knNZY).\\n\\nThe BOS, however, seemed mostly concerned about the plan to "improve" traffic related to Chick-fil-A. This audio clip from the meeting mainly focuses in on that discussion.'