At their Sept. 4 monthly meeting the West Marlborough supervisors agreed to pay $1,500 toward the cost of preparing the Unionville Comprehensive Regional Plan, a document being worked on jointly by West Marlborough, East Marlborough and Newlin.
The total cost is $12,000, 60 percent of which is paid by Chester County, with the rest divided between the three municipalities.
Supervisor Michael Ledyard said that having a regional plan will benefit West Marlborough because rather than forcing each township to provide for higher-density use, such uses could be sited in the more densely populated East Marlborough.
Responding to one resident's concerns that the other townships might not share West Marlborough's rural zoning philosophy, Mr. Ledyard said that West Marlborough would be reserved for agricultural use only.
"It's not a problem," he said of the regional plan. "It's very good to us."
Supervisor Bill Wylie pointed out that the regional plan is the only document that ties together the townships; each municipality will still have its own distinctive zoning ordinance and regulations.
The 205-page plan is available on East Marlborough Township's website.
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