Upper Makefield Townsihp
BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
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Upper Makefield Township
1076 Eagle Road
Newtown, PA 18940
Phone: 215-968-3340
Fax: 215-968-9228
info@upper-makefield.com
Hours: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM (M-F)
Upper Makefield Township received this award from Heritage Conservancy, please see the October Newsletter article on page 1.
Visit the Bucks COunty Regional Traffic Study website at: www.buckscountyregionaltrafficstudy.org. The draft 2007 report can be viewed by on this website under "meetings" at the top of the page.
Public Comment on the Bucks County Regional Traffic Study Draft Report dated June 2007 can be submitted in writing to: jcoyne@dvrpc.org.
or mailed:
Written comments on the Swamp Road project should be directed to:
Please help make Upper Makefield Township a Clean Energy Community by signing up your home and/or business for clean energy (www.cleanyourair.org) today!
As a part of the Pennsylvania Clean Energy Communities Campaign, Upper Makefield Township passed a Resolution committing to purchase 20% clean energy by 2010. Upper Makefield Township will receive a free 1 kW solar energy system when 7% of our local community signs up.
Sign up today at www.cleanyourair.org.
Visit the Bucks County Website for more recycling information.
New residents may pick up a recycling bin at the Township Building, from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday thru Friday, at no cost. A replacement bin may be purchased for $10.00. More information may be obtained by calling the Code Enforcement Dept. at 215-968-2868 x105.
Residents may bring as many as three old computers and up to 25 gallons or 220 pounds of Hazardous Products. Read the label! Hazardous products will have cautionary words on the label, such as Danger, Warning or Caution. Other words or phrases that can signal hazardous products include: poisonous, hazardous, combustible, flammable, corrosive, volatile, caustic, irritant, explosive, toxic, or avoid inhaling.
Please notice that these documents and plan are part of the 2002 Conditional Use Submission.
Download and view the Sex Offender Ordinance Map (PDF)
BASEBALL: Chris Marchock # 215-938-4805 or Micke Cice # 215-497-8368
Baseball Youth League begins at age 6
Baseball website: www.umybl.org
SOCCER: Steve Popescu
Email: spopescu@verizon.net
Website: www.umnsc.org
GIRLS SOFTBALL: Frank Gatto # 215-598-7243 or 1-609-631-4150 ext. 3439
BASKETBALL: Dennis Helmstetter # 215-860-0339 or cell # 215-480-4344
LACROSSE: Robert Hogan # 215-579-7439
Email: pahogan46@yahoo.com
The Upper Makefield Township requires ALL Solicitors to obtain a Solicitation Permit from The Police Department at the Twp. Municipal Building located on 1076 Eagle Rd, Newtown, PA 18940. The permits are $25 for duration of 6 months.
Anyone WITHOUT A SOLICITATION PERMIT will be ARRESTED and fined for violating the Township Ordinance. There is a maximum fine of $600.00! Currently, courts have upheld all fines, and all fraudulent salespersons have plead Guilty and removed from the Township.
UMT RESIDENTS: BEWARE OF FRAUDULENT SALESPERSONS
DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THEIR PLOYS TO TAKE YOUR MONEY.
If you sign a contract with a Door-to-Door salesman, He or She must give you a "Notice of Cancellation" and you have 3-business days to change your mind and cancel.
Tips on how to protect you from fraudulent sales include the following:
Protect Yourself - Citizen Fact Sheet and other information from the Pennsylvania Department of Health West Nile Encephalitis Surveillance Program.
Pennsylvania's West Nile Surveillance Program
The document(s) below require that you have installed the Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free program that allows you to view (and print) PDF files. If you do not have it already you can download directly from Adobe.
Upper Makefield Township is embarking on the use of the Community Alert Network. The Community Alert Network is a sophisticated warning system that operates around the clock to alert residents of emergency/disaster information such as evacuation notices. The Community Alert Network utilizes a computerized data base of telephone numbers to automatically dial your local telephone number with a recorded emergency related message from the Upper Makefield Township Emergency Management Coordinator. Listed telephone numbers are programmed into this system at the Bucks County 911 center.
If you have a non-listed telephone number you would not be readily accessible to the Community Access Network. Should you want your unlisted number listed into the Community Access Network you may send your name, address, and unlisted telephone number to Upper Makefield Township, C/O Vicki Haug, 1076 Eagle Road, Newtown, Pa. 18940. Your unlisted telephone number will be treated confidentially.
Upper Makefield Township presently has two Cellular Communications Towers located at the Thorpe Farm, Stoneybrook Rd and the Gunser Farm on Highland Road.
Federal regulations require that all Municipalities allow for the installation of cell towers if the carrier can demonstrate the need.
Nine years ago when the Township received its first tower building application the Board of Supervisors was very concerned about the reliability of the carrier's stated need for a tower, visual impact to surrounding properties, property values, health considerations and the need to limit the number of sites in the Township to as few as possible. As a result of the above, the Board hired a private consultant and held many public meetings where the carrier was required to substantiate the need for a tower.
To determine the most suitable sites, technical studies were performed and many sites were considered throughout the Township. After implementing of a new Zoning Ordinance we now have three designated sites; the Thorpe Farm, the Dudley Farm on Eagle Rd. just south of the Municipal Complex and the Gunser Farm on Highland Rd. The ordinance also requires that applicants shall provide for alternate design criteria in the form of stealth construction. Depending on the site, the tower design could be in the form of an artificial tree or silo.
Cingular Wireless is currently considering installing a third tower in Upper Makefield Township. All discussions will be held at public meetings as the process continues.
David Kuhns
Code Enforcement Officer
2008, Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County, PA. All rights reserved.
Supervisors Boards & Commissions General Information Departments Resources
Upper Makefield Township Building
1076 Eagle Road, Newtown, PA 18940
Phone: 215-968-3340, Fax: 215-968-9228, Email: info@upper-makefield.com
