Supervisor Mack Challenges Expert KRE Witness

Mack's Newtown Voice

At the 18 Sept 2023, #NewtownPA BOS meeting, Supervisor John Mack secured his right to hear and judge the evidence provided by KRE Upper Macungie Associates, LLC (“Applicant”) in its challenge to Newtown's zoning. During the hearing, Mr. Mack asked the applicant's expert witness - Town Planner Thomas J. Comitta - to clarify remarks he made in his testimony. Recall that KRE is seeking to build a multistory, 245-unit apartment building on Lower Silver Lake Road and has claimed that the Town's Zoning is unconstitutional because it doesn't allow such as use. Mr. Mack focused on the applicant's claim that experts such as the Bucks County Planning Commission believe that the township requires such a use to satisfy the needs of a forecast of a substantial increase in population.