{"id":495,"date":"2012-02-20T11:21:55","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T16:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=495"},"modified":"2012-02-20T11:21:55","modified_gmt":"2012-02-20T16:21:55","slug":"real-estate-ordinance-sparks-debate-in-w-brandywine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=495","title":{"rendered":"Real estate ordinance sparks debate in W. Brandywine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inspection role questioned; new full-time police officer sworn in<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By Jamie Richard<\/strong>, Staff Writer, CoatesvilleTimes.com<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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A West Brandywine supervisor is questioning the role of township inspections in real estate transactions.<\/p><\/div>\n

WEST BRANDYWINE \u2013 The proper role of local government was central to discussions about real estate inspections in the township, and whether it was proper to have such a role, during Thursday’s Board of Supervisors meeting.<\/p>\n

The meeting featuring discussions about an ordinance involving rental and resale inspections \u2014 one that requires the township to perform inspections of properties.\u00a0 Currently, the ordinance has been on record as part of the International Property Maintenance Code for several years but has not been enforced.\u00a0 Vice Chairman Thomas J. McCaffrey took issue with the ordinance, stating that the township should not involve itself in private resale matters.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just is not the place for local government,\u201d said McCaffrey.<\/p>\n

Township Manager Ronald A. Rambo Jr. reminded McCaffrey that the ordinance is already in place and, as part of the International Property Maintenance Code, may not be subject to change or removal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t come up with this,\u201d said Rambo.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s federal law, passed down to state law, passed down to local municipalities.\u201d<\/p>\n

After much debate, the board ultimately decided to have Rambo and Codes Officer Dale Bennett review the ordinance to clearly establish what is required by the ordinance.<\/p>\n

In other business, the board voted to appoint Keith Davis as the new Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator.\u00a0 Board Chairman Josef G, Obernier Sr. felt that Davis would be a worthy candidate for the vacant position.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve looked at his background and asked others\u2026I find him appropriately qualified for the position,\u201d said Obernier.<\/p>\n

The board also dealt with several matters pertaining to the township police department.\u00a0 Part-time police officer Russell Moore was sworn in as a full-time officer and the board approved the purchase of two new 2013 Ford Police Interceptor Utility all-wheel drive vehicles for the department.<\/p>\n

The board also reminded the audience that they are still in need of volunteers to fill vacant positions within the township.\u00a0 The board is seeking a volunteer to serve on the Historic Commercial and two volunteers to serve on the Parks and Recreation Board.<\/p>\n

The West Brandywine Board of Supervisors will hold its next regularly scheduled meeting on March 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Inspection role questioned; new full-time police officer sworn in By Jamie Richard, Staff Writer, CoatesvilleTimes.com WEST BRANDYWINE \u2013 The proper role of local government was central to discussions about real estate inspections in the township, and whether it was proper to have such a role, during Thursday’s Board of Supervisors meeting. The meeting featuring discussions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[4076,132,134,116],"class_list":["post-495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","tag-real-estate","tag-inspections","tag-ordinance","tag-west-brandywine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}