An attorney representing Landmark Developers, the new owners of Durham Springs, a proposed wedding venue in the township, has requested a meeting with township officials.
Supervisor Chairman Bartley E. Millett said at the supervisors’ January meeting that Edward Child, Durham’s zoning officer, and Peter Nelson, the township’s attorney, will be meeting with Paul Cohen, the attorney, to discuss construction activity at the site.
The meeting is the result of a letter the supervisors sent to Landmark, based in Plainfield, N.J., after residents expressed concerns about ongoing work at the unoccupied site on Lehnenberg Road, according to Millett. The letter ordered Landmark to stop construction and comply with township regulations.
“So far,” Millett said, “Landmark has not applied for anything.”
Both Supervisor Kathleen M. Gentner and Supervisor Richard Johnson outlined the regulatory hoops the time-consuming process Landmark must pass through before it is approved. “Nothing is going to happen overnight,” agreed Millett.
Lack of business during the pandemic forced the former owners into bankruptcy and Landmark paid $2.4 million for the 17-acre property last year.
Construction work at the site was brought to the supervisors’ attention by concerned neighbors in December. In addition, an article in a Philadelphia newspaper claimed the developers had already spent $100,000 for renovations and planned to build about 30 cottages for overnight guests.
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