After years of vacancy, a former bank building in Falls Township may soon be serving coffee and donuts after the township’s approved plans for a new Dunkin’ location at the site
On Tuesday the Falls Supervisors granted conditional use approval to MYNB LLC to transform the closed-down PNC Bank at 301 W. Trenton Ave., in Morrisville, into a Dunkin’ Donuts. Like the former bank, the quick-serve eatery – should it move to fruition – would have a drive-thru lane.
Vijay Padodora, the applicant with conditional use approval, must submit a land development plan for review. According to Chelsey Jackman, his attorney, the property will be refitted in keeping with the “spirit, purpose, and intent” of the Neighborhood Commercial District, where the property is situated.
The Falls Township Planning Commission granted approval for the project last month.
In other business, the Supervisors approved a professional service agreement with Morrisville Realty, LLC. This agreement is to potentially construct a Spotless Car Wash at 547 W. Trenton Ave., at the site of the former Rite Aid. The board also approved a professional service agreement with the Bucks County Housing Authority related to a 60.57-acre parcel on Tyburn Road.
Falls Supervisors Chairman Jeff Dence said that approving the professional service agreements is a way that “the public can know that it’s being discussed” and allows the township to collect escrow fees for the potential development.
“This is them telling us they might like to build this there,” Dence said of the possibility of the car wash, adding that the applicant has a “long way to go before land development.”
Similarly, the agreement with Bucks County Housing Authority stems from the agency’s interest in building attainable housing on the tract, Dence said.
“This isn’t us approving anything other than us accepting escrow money,” Dence said.
Township attorney Mike Clarke said there have been instances where professional service agreements are entered, and the project ultimately does not move forward.
