500 Pinetown Rd, Fort Washington, PA 19034

Greater Fort Washington District

In expansion of the declaration of legislative intent contained in Article I, 255-2, of this chapter, it is hereby declared to be the intent of this article, with respect to the GFW Greater Fort Washington District, to: Create a vibrant, mixed-use district which contributes toward the economic vitality of Upper Dublin Township, with a combination of uses such as office, commercial, institutional, light industrial, residential apartments, recreational, and transportation.; Promote a more diverse, walkable, pedestrian-oriented place that provides opportunities to work, dine, shop, live, learn, and recreate.; Incentivize development and redevelopment in order to transform the character of the existing office park into a future mixed-use neighborhood.; Allow for office, commercial, institutional, light industrial, residential apartments, recreational and transportation oriented development with controls to limit air, land and water pollution, noise emissions and traffic congestion.; Promote a variety of well-designed apartment developments to enable opportunities: to live in close proximity to employment and thereby to potentially reduce vehicular trips in the Fort Washington area; to strengthen the connection to the Fort Washington Train Station; and to provide options to age in place in Upper Dublin Township; Promote a range of uses with supporting service, dining and retail uses.;Encourage the redevelopment of underutilized and vacant buildings.; Provide protection to people and buildings from fire, offensive noise, vibrations, odors and other nuisances through strict performance standards.; Ensure that site development and buildings design includes stormwater management measures, to meet on-site requirements while considering area-wide controls.; Ensure adequate buffering of adjacent districts and land uses.; Ensure safe pedestrian access from buildings to and along streets and transit stops.