The Bucks County Planning Commission has increased its filing fees for 2018.  The base fees for residential subdivisions, land developments and conversions remain the same, but the additional lot multiplier fees have been increased by $5 for each lot/unit.  The…

As a supplement to my blog back on August 23, 2017, as to the use of alternate on-lot sewer systems for planning new subdivisions, attached is the PA Builders Association information sheet on the new legislation.

DEP and the Sewage…

In Pennsylvania, landlords are prohibited from employing self-help evictions when dealing with tenants and former tenants. However, query if such prohibition exists when property owners seek to evict trespassers. Trespassers are not subject to the Landlord and Tenant Act. A…

Legal opinion letters (“Opinion Letter”) have become a very valuable piece of a loan transaction for all parties involved.  More often, Lenders are now requiring that a Borrower’s counsel provide an Opinion Letter at the closing of a transaction.  An…

Many times, at hearings to obtain either special exceptions or conditional use approvals, applicants, for one reason or another, are under the impression that they simply have to call one or two witnesses to confirm, in a cursory manner, compliance…

In June of this year, Councilwoman Maria Quinones-Sanchez of Philadelphia’s City Council introduced Ordinance No. 170678 to require all new and renovated residential development projects in the City of over 10 units to include at least 10% of the project units…

The NPDES general permit for stormwater discharges associated with construction activities will expire on December 7, 2017. DEP has announced that the general permit will be administratively extended until December 7, 2018. This administrative extension will continue the terms and…