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COMPREHENSIVE PLAtJ BOROUGM OF t*lILFORD, PA. M I L FO R D B 0 R 0 U G I i P LA N tl I N G C OMM I S S I 0 N MICHAEL CABOT ASSOCIATES, COMMUNITY PLANNERS NOVEMBER, 1979

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C O M P R E H E N S I V E PLAtJ

BOROUGM OF t * l I L F O R D , P A .

M I L FO R D B 0 R 0 U G I i P L A N t l I N G C OMM I S S I 0 N

M I C H A E L C A B O T A S S O C I A T E S , C O M M U N I T Y P L A N N E R S

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T A B L E OF CONTENTS P a g e

I N T RO D U C T I 0 N

COMMUNITY GOALS AFlD O B J E C T I V E S

M I L F O R D GOALS

M I L FORD O B J E C T I V E S

C O M P R E H E N S I V E P L A N RECOMMENDATIOt iS

0 V E R A L L P R I 0 R I T Y R E C 0 MME PI D A T I 0 PI S

L A N D USE P L A N

COMMUNITY F A C I L I T Y P L A N

T R A N S PO R T A T I 0 N P L A N

P O P U L A T I O N , H O U S I N G AND ECONOFIIC D A T A A f J A L Y S I S

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CO M M U N I T Y I MP RO V E ME N T Q U E S T I 0 N N A I RE ANA L Y S I S

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A . HOME S E R V I C E S

B. NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY S E R V I C E S

C. T R A N S P O R T A T I O N

0. P O S I T I V E P O S S I B I L I T I E S

E. E C O N O M I C - S O C I A L Q U E S T I O N S

F. Q U E S T I O N S O F P R I O R I T Y

G. A D D I T I O N A L I N F O R M A T I O N

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C O N P R E H E NS I V E P L A N

B O R O U G H OF N I L F O R D , P A .

INTRODUCTION

The M i l f o r d Comprehensive P l a n was e n v i s i o n e d a s a community p r o j e c t . Mi l fo rd and Pike County have had a h i s t o r y o f g rass r o o t s involvement i n t h e p l a n n i n g p rocess i n g r e a t p a r t because o f t h e e f f o r t s of t h e Pike County A g r i c u l t u r a l E x t e n s i o n S e r v i c e . Local g r o u p s such a s t h e M i l f o r d Garden Club have a l s o been i n - vo lved . They promote p l a n n i n g , p r e s e r v a t i o n a n d b e a u t i f i c a t i o n w i t h a c t i o n a s wel l a s w o r d s . There a r e o t h e r o r g a n i z a t i o n s and i n d i v i d u a l s w h o h e l p p r e s e r v e t h e charm of M i l f o r d a s t h e County S e a t o f Pike County, P e n n s y l v a n i a .

There were some unexpected t u r n s i n t h e p l a n n i n g p r o c e s s . One o f these i n v o l v e d a sma l l b u t s t i l l s i g n i f i c a n t r e s p o n s e t o t h e c i t i z e n ques t i o n n a i r e on Community A t t i t u d e s . 20 - 2 per- c e n t o f t h e Borough households responded. D i s t r i b u t i o n , t i m i n g i n t h e y e a r and budget l i m i t a t i o n s c o n t r i b u t e d t o t h i s lower t h a n expec ted r e tu rn . N e v e r t h e l e s s , t h e r e h a s been meaningfu l involvement d u r i n g t h e p l a n n i n g p r o c e s s by t h e Borough P l a n n i n g Commission, B o r o u g h C o u n c i l a n d many i n t e r e s t e d c i t i z e n s . Dur- i n g t h e p l a n n i n g p r o c e s s , t h e M i l f o r d P r e s e r v a t i o n A s s o c i a t i o n was c r e a t e d by t h e c i t i z e n s o f the a r e a i n o rde r t o c a r r y o u t one o f t h e pr imary g o a l s o f t h e p l a n n i n g p r o g r a m - w h i c h i s t o p r e s e r v e t h e q u a l i t y - o f - l i f e a n d t he h i s t o r i c a n d a r c h i t e c t u r a l charac- t e r o f M i l f o r d B o r o u g h .

Regional - H i s t o r i c Overview

M i l f o r d Borough i s l o c a t e d i n a p i c t u r e s q u e v a l l e y a t t h e con- f l u e n c e s of t h e Sawki l l Creek a n d the Vanderrnark Creek w i t h the Delaware River. U. S . Route 209 a n d 6 i n t e r s e c t i n t l i l f o r d . J u s t s o u t h of M i l f o r d , a major b r i d g e across t h e Delaware b r i n g s U . S . 206 t r a f f i c f rom New J e r s e y a n d New York i n t o P e n n s y l v a n i a . T r a d i t i o n a l l y , u r b a n i t e s have come t o M i l f o r d a n d t h e Nor the rn Poconos f o r r e c r e a t i d n a l v i s i t s . Some o f t h e e a r l y v a c a t i o n e r s c o m b i n e d a s t a y i n M i l f o r d w i t h a q u i c k d ivo rce . S i n c e t h i s was u s u a l l y done by t h e a f f l u e n t c i t y people , f i n e accommodations f o l l o w e d . Mi l fo rd h a d some of the b e s t h o t e l s , r e s t a u r a n t s , s t o r e s , s e r v i c e s and l a w y e r s . M i l f o r d became t h e County S e a t o f government s i n c e most o f the permanent development was a l o n g t h e e a s t s i d e o f P ike County i n t h e M i l f o r d Mattamoras a r e a . The c e n t r a l s e c t i o n o f P i k e County was p a r t i t i o n e d i n t o l a r g e h u n t - i n g and f i s h i n g t r a c t s and l a t e r i n t o S t a t e p r e s e r v e s a n d p a r k s . D u r i n g t h e l a s t 10 t o 15 y e a r s , l a r g e s e a s o n a l home developments have s p r u n g u p i n the c e n t r a l a r e a s o f Pike County.

Major r e g i o n a l impacts have a n d w i l l c o n t i n u e t o i n f l u e n c e M i l f o r d . Fol lowing i s a summary of two i m p o r t a n t f a c t o r s :

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BOROUGH OF MILFORD COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROGRAM

MICHAEL MBOT ASSOCIATa COMMUNITY PLANNERS

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1. T r a n s p o r t a t i o n - I n t h e l a t e 1 9 6 0 ' s t o e a r l y 1970 's , I n t e r - s t a t e Route 80 was c o n s t r u c t e d t o t h e s o u t h o f P i k e Coun ty . Trucks have found i t c o n v e n i e n t t o use US 209 t h r o u g h M i l f o r d a s a c o n n e c t i n g r o u t e between I n t e r s t a t e 80 and New E n g l a n d and p a r t s o f New York. The r e c e n t c o m p l e t i o n o f 1-84 t h r o u g h P i k e County has n o t appeared t o l e s s e n t h e use o f t h i s 209 t r u c k c o n n e c t i n g r o u t e . The, c o n t i n u o u s t r u c k t r a f f i c has been accompanied by n o i s e , p o l l u t i o n , v i b r a t i o n s , c o n g e s t i o n and most u n f o r t u n a t e l y , a c c i d e n t s . Most o f t h e a c c i d e n t s i n M i l f o r d a r e a t t h e s o u t h e r n e n t r a n c e o f US Route 209 t o t h e Borough where t r u c k s f l i p o v e r i n t h e v i c i n i t y o f t h e J F K Park . F a r t h e r s o u t h a l o n g 209, t h e r e a r e numerous a c c i d e n t s , many i n v o l v i n g s e r i o u s i n j u r i e s and f a t a l i t i e s .

An a s s e t o f t h e t r a n s p o r t a t i o n s y s t e m i s t h a t i m p o r t a n t r o a d s converge i n and around M i l f o r d . T h i s access p r o v i d e s a m a r k e t p o t e n t i a l f o r economic and s e r v i c e a c t i v i t i e s f o r t h e f u t u r e .

2. Government I n v o l v e m e n t - A t t h e Coun ty l e v e l , P i k e County i s e x p e r i e n c i n g r a p i d permanent and seasona l home deve lopment . County f a c i l i t i e s and s e r v i c e s w i l l need t o expand. P o s i - t i v e i m p a c t s have been r e a l i z e d a l r e a d y by government o f f i c e s r e n t i n g space i n t h e commerc ia l d i s t r i c t and by r e l a t e d s e r - v i c e s and o f f i c e s p r o s p e r i n g w i t h i n M i l f o r d .

N e g a t i v e i m p a c t s have been f e l t t h r o u g h p a r k i n g c o n g e s t i o n a round County f a c i l i t i e s . The Coun ty i s c o o p e r a t i v e and i s s e n s i t i v e t o t h e l o c a l e n v i r o n m e n t . C u r r e n t l y , t h e Coun ty i s c o n s t r u c t i n g a c o m b i n a t i o n p a r k i n g l o t - p a r k w h i c h w i l l meet some o f i t s needs. S i m i l a r c o o p e r a t i o n and s e n s i t i v i t y wou ld be a p p r e c i a t e d i n r e g a r d t o f u t u r e County changes.

S t a t e and R e g i o n a l Governments c o u l d a l s o have an i m p a c t upon M i l f o r d . The S t a t e has been aware o f t h e l o c a l t r u c k p r o b - lem. I n t h e p a s t , a S t a t e ban o f t r u c k s f rom US 209 was con- s i d e r e d b u t n o t c a r r i e d o u t . A US 209 by-pass was c o n s i d e r e d b u t n o t c a r r i e d o u t . A t r u c k w e i g h s t a t i o n was c o n s t r u c t e d s o u t h o f M i l f o r d n e a r M a r s h a l l ' s Creek . I t has l i m i t e d h o u r s and c o u l d be k e p t open l o n g e r . C o n t i n u o u s e n f o r c e m e n t o f v e h i c l e w e i g h t l i m i t s wou ld a t l e a s t r i d US 209 o f heavy t r u c k s w h i c h cause v i b r a t i o n s and c o n t r i b u t e t o t h e d e t e r i o r a - t i o n o f t h e r o a d s u r f a c e . I n t h e p a s t , t h e J o i n t S t a t e T o l l B r i d g e Commission proposed a by-pass around M i l f o r d . A l t h o u g h i t may have p r o v i d e d a p o s s i b l e s o l u t i o n t o t h e heavy t r u c k t r a f f i c , i t w a s r e j e c t e d l o c a l l y f o r n e g a t i v e e n v i r o n m e n t a l and economic i m p a c t reasons .

F e d e r a l i n v o l v e m e n t may have t h e g r e a t e s t i m p a c t on M i l f o r d o f any l e v e l o f government. Recen t m e e t i n g s r e v e a l t h a t t h e Park S e r v i c e m i g h t t a k e o v e r US Rou te 209 where t h a t h ighway passes t h r o u g h l a n d a l r e a d y p u r c h a s e d by t h e Park S e r v i c e . The F e d e r a l Government i n d i c a t e d t h a t t h e y c o u l d ban t r u c k t r a f f i c as an a c t i v i t y i n c o n s i s t e n t w i t h t h e N a t i o n a l P a r k .

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The Delaware Water Gap Na t iona l Rec rea t ion Area Mas te r Plan i s c u r r e n t l y b e i n g p repa red by t h e U . S . Park S e r v i c e . A new p lan i s n e c e s s a r y because o f t he r e j e c t i o n o f t h e Tocks I s l a n d Dam and l a k e . T h e Plan wi l l d i r e c t f u t u r e l a n d p u r - c h a s e s . T h e U . S . Government c o u l d purchase a d d i t i o n a l l and i n t he Borough. T h e Park S e r v i c e a l r e a d y has pu rchased a n d w i l l r e s t o r e t h e O l d Metz Mil l p r o p e r t y . U n t i l t h e P a r k S e r v i c e Master P lan i s c o m p l e t e , however, t h e r e i s no d e f - i n i t i v e i n f o r m a t i o n on t h e d e t a i l s o f f a c i l i t i e s o r v i s i t o r impac t . F o r t u n a t e l y , . t h e Federa l p l ann ing p r o c e s s l e a v e s room f o r p u b l i c comment b e f o r e p l a n s a r e f i n a l i z e d .

R e l a t e d Federal Government a c t i v i t i e s w i l l a l s o have a major impact upon Mi l fo rd . The a n c e s t r a l home o f fo rmer P e n n - s y l v a n i a Governor Giford P i n c h o t , Grey Towers, i s l o c a t e d no r thwes t of Mi l fo rd . The Federa l Government i s i n t h e pro- cess of c o n v e r t i n g Grey Towers i n t o an e n v i r o n m e n t a l t r a i n - i n g a n d e d u c a t i o n c e n t e r . T h i s r e s o u r c e o f s t u d e n t s a n d p r o f e s s i o n a l s shou ld be an a s s e t t o t h e Borough and a r e a .

The Federa l Government a1 s o a c c e p t s q u a l i f y i n g b u i l d i n g s a n d d i s t r i c t s f o r r e g i s t r a t i o n i n t h e Nat iona l Regis te r of H i s t o r i c P l a c e s . S e v e r a l a r e a b u i l d i n g s i n c l u d i n ? t h e P ike County Cour t House i n M i l f o r d a r e now i n t h i s r e g i s t e r . This means t h a t any f u t u r e Government p l a n s i n the v i c i n i t y o f such p l a c e s m u s t c o n s i d e r t h e impact upon the h i s t o r i c s t r u c t u r e s . I t a l s o means t h a t t h e r e may be economic bene- f i t s t o t h e owners o f p r o p e r t i e s on t h e Regis te r i n t h e form o f acce le ra t ed income t a x d e p r e c i a t i o n and p o s s i b l y sma l l g r a n t s f o r c r i t i c a l l y needed r epa i r s . Many more M i l f o r d b u i l d i n g s appea r t o q u a l i f y f o r r e g i s t r a t i o n i n t h e S t a t e a n d N a t i o n a l R e g i s t e r of H i s t o r i c P l a c e s .

Scope a n d L i m i t a t i o n s - M i l f o r d Borough i d e n t i f i e d a need t o p r e p a r e i t s f i r s t Comprehensive P l a n i n o r d e r t o p r o v i d e a good b a s i s f o r updat ing o f t h e Borough Zoning Ordinance. The Z o n i n g Ordinance was a d o p t e d on Apr i l 3 , 1939. T h e B o r o u g h ' s a u t h o r i t y f o r e n a c t i n g t o n i n g a t t h a t time was d e r i v e d from a June 29, 1923 Act o f t h e Pennsylvania General Assembly, P u b l i c Law 957. More r e c e n t l y , t h e Pennsylvania L e g i s l a t u r e enac ted the Pennsy lvan ia M u n i c i p a l i t i e s P lanning Code, Act 2 4 7 o f J u l y 31, 1968. There have been subsequent amendments. However, a d i r e c t i v e c o n t a i n e d i n t h e o r i g i n a l Act 2 4 7 remains . A l l e x i s t i n g z o n i n g o r d i n a n c e s were r e q u i r e d t o i n c o r p o r a t e a s e t of Community Development Objec- t i v e s . These o b j e c t i v e s cou ld be s u p p l i e d by r e f e r e n c e t o t he Borough Comprehensive P l a n . T h e r e f o r e , Mi l ford d e c i d e d t h a t f i r s t i t needed a comprehensive P lan . Secondly , t h e Borough Z o n i n g Ordinance needed t o be mod i f i ed t o r e f l e c t Community De- velopment O b j e c t i v e s from i t s new Comprehensive P l a n and modi- f i e d t o i n c o r p o r a t e o t h e r p r o v i s i o n s o f t h e new S t a t e Law.

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T h e M i l f o r d comprehensive p l a n n i n g s t u d y h a d b u i l t i n l i m i t a - t i o n s from t h e s t a r t a n d o t h e r l i m i t a t i o n s became appa ren t a s

. t h e p l a n n i n g p r o g r a m p rogres sed . The Borough held t h e o p i n i o n t h a t s i n c e most o f i t s l a n d was a l r e a d y deve loped , t he Compre- hens ive P l a n should b e s i m p l i f i e d . T h e p r i m a r y need f o r t h e p l a n was env i s ioned a s a b a s i s f o r z o n i n g a n d a p r e s e r v a t i o n o f t h e e x i s t i n g environment p a r t i c u l a r l y t h r o u g h s i g n c o n t r o l . As a r e s u l t , t h e Comprehensive P l a n scope was kept t o a m i n i - m u m . Because o f l i m i t e d f u n d s , l o c a l c i t i z e n v o l u n t e e r s were t o su rvey a n d i d e n t i f y c e r t a i n s t r e e t a n d community f a c i l i t y c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s . Another l i m i t a t i o n was t h a t Pike County does n o t have a Comprehensive Plan t o p rov ide o v e r a l l d i r e c t i o n on m a j o r i s s u e s such a s p o p u l a t i o n growth , f u t u r e economic cond i - t i o n s a n d o v e r a l l housing needs. The l a s t U . S . Census a n d o t h e r base l i n e d a t a were f i v e t o t en y e a r s o l d . T h e next Census w i l l be taken i n 1980 w i t h most o f the census p u b l i c a - t i o n s a v a i l a b l e i n 1981. The l i m i t a t i o n which was a s u r p r i s e r e l a t e d t o t h e e x i s t i n g M i l f o r d base maps. Research r e v e a l e d t h a t t h e r e a r e s e v e r a l v e r s i o n s of the Mi l fo rd base map a n d municipal boundary l i n e s . B o r o u g h Council dec ided t o use a U. S . Army Corps o f Engineers base map which o u t l i n e d b u i l d i n g s , t r e e s , gave con tour l i n e s and g e n e r a l l y i d e n t i f i e d s t r e e t s a n d a l l e y s . Council s e l e c t e d t h e most r e a s o n a b l e b o u n d a r y l i n e from maps of r e c o r d . The problem then was t h a t t he f i n a l base map was r easonab ly a c c u r a t e , b u t c o n t a i n e d t o o much i n f o r m a t i o n for a p l ann ing base map. Budget c o n s t r a i n t s d i r e c t e d the p l a n - n i n g program t o use t h e a v a i l a b l e map w i t h o u t s i m p l i f i c a t i o n or f u r t h e r v e r i f i c a t i o n .

O r g a n i z a t i o n O f Th i s Report - T h i s Comprehensive Plan r e p o r t i s des igned t o be b r i e f and t o t h e p o i n t . T h e f i r s t major p a r t o f the M i l f o r d Comprehensive P l a n p r e s e n t s community g o a l s a n d o b j e c t i v e s . The second p a r t p r e s e n t s Comprehensive P l a n recommen- d a t i o n s f o r land use , community f a c i l i t i e s a n d t r a n s p o r t a t i o n p l a n e l e m e n t s . The t h i r d p a r t p r e s e n t s a s u c c i n c t a n a l y s i s of d a t a c o l l e c t e d from a v a i l a b l e s o u r c e s . S p e c i f i c a l l y , i t c o n t a i n s the p o p u l a t i o n , housing a n d economic d a t a a n a l y s i s . T h e l a s t p a r t o f t h e r e p o r t i s a n appendix .

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COMMUNITY G O A L S AND O B J E C T I V E S

B O R O U G H OF M I L F O R D , P A .

T h e f o l l o w i n g g o a l s and o b j e c t i v e s were p r e p a r e d f o r t h e M i l f o r d Comprehens ive P l a n . L a t e r , t h e s e g o a l s and o b j e c t i v e s wi l l be- come the b a s i s f o r amendments t o t h e M i l f o r d Zoning O r d i n a n c e .

M I L F O R D GOALS

1 , C h a r a c t e r - R e t a i n s m a l l town charm and community p r i d e .

2 . Atmos h e r e - P r e s e r v e t r e e s and c a l m i n t e r a c t i o n be tween h d t h e Delaware River and i t s t r i b u t a r y s t r eams ,

. 3. H e r i t a q e - R e s p e c t o l d b u i l d i n g s , p a r t i c u l a r l y t h o s e w i t h a r c h i t e c t u r a l meri t .

4 . Culture - N u r t u r e t h e a r t s and c u l t u r a l a c t i v i t i e s a s p a r t o f M i l f o r d town f a b r i c .

5 , Economy - S t r i v e f o r a b a l a n c e between t h e need f o r j o b o p p o r t u n i t i e s , p r o s p e r o u s b u s i n e s s and wholesome r e s i d e n - t i a l a r e a s , p a r t i c u l a r l y r e s i d e n c e s a d j a c e n t t o t h e commer- c i a l a r e a s .

6 . P e d e s t r i a n - P r o v i d e a s a f e e n v i r o n m e n t f o r p e d e s t r i a n s . T h i s s h o u l d be done f o r t h e s e n i o r c i t i z e n s of t he Borough who e n j o y w a l k i n g , s c h o o l c h i l d r e n , o t h e r Borough res idents and o u r i n c r e a s i n g n u m b e r o f v i s i t o r s and Pocono t o u r i s t s who come t o e n j o y o u r community.

MILFORD OBJECTIVES

1. To u p d a t e t h e M i l f o r d Zon ing O r d i n a n c e i n 1979 c o n s i s t e n t I

w i t h l a t e s t S t a t e Law and c o n s i s t e n t w i t h M i l f o r d Goa l s a n d Objec t ives .

2. T o hold t h e e x i s t i n g Commercial Zoning D i s t r i c t l i n e s g e n e r a l l y where t h e y a r e . C o n s i d e r t r a n s i t i o n a l a r e a s w i t h i n t h e commer- c i a l zones t o a c t a s a b u f f e r be tween t h e commercial and r e s i - d e n t i a l d i s t r i c t s .

3. To permit l a r g e r homes t o be c o n v e r t e d t o a p a r t m e n t s . E s t a b l i s h s p e c i f i c r e q u i r e m e n t s f o r c o n v e r s i o n s r e l a t i v e t o o u t w a r d c h a n g e s and p a r k i n g requi red .

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To p e r m i t l i m i t e d commercial a c t i v i t y w i t h i n t h e t r a n s i t i o n d i s t r i c t .

To e s t a b l i s h h i s t o r i c ' p r e s e r v a t i o n g u i d e l i n e s which w i l l seek t o p r e s e r v e h i s t o r i c a l l y s i g n i f i c a n t b u i l d i n g s t h r o u g h o u t t he B o r o u g h .

To r e q u i r e t h a t an a d e q u a t e amount o f o f f - s t r e e t p a r k i n g b e p rov ided f o r t r a f f i c g e n e r a t i n g l a n d u s e s , p a r t i c u l a r l y f o r new r e s t a u r a n t and s e r v i c e a c t i v i t i e s .

To r e q u i r e t h a t s i d e w a l k s be i n s t a l l e d a l o n g m a j o r s t r e e t s and everywhere w i t h i n t h e commercial a n d t r a n s i t i o n a l d i s - t r i c t s .

To p r e s e r v e t h e s t r e e t t r e e s t h r o u g h a shade t r e e commiss ion i n c o o p e r a t i o n w i t h t h e P i n c h o t I n s t i t u t e and c o n s e r v a t i o n g r o u p s .

To f u r t h e r d e f i n e pa rk needs and p r o v i d e t h e f a c i l i t i e s r e - q u i r e d f o r t h e M i l f o r d P o p u l a t i o n as i t changes o v e r time. .

To c o n t i n u e t o r e f i n e and expand the M i l f o r d s t o r m d r a i n a g e sys t em, p a r t i c u l a r l y i n view of t he f a c t t h a t the Borough r e c e i v e s an i n c r e a s i n g amount of r a i n w a t e r r u n o f f f r o m new T o w n s h i p deve lopmen t .

To r educe t r a f f i c s p e e d , p a r t i c u l a r l y w i t h i n r e s i d e n t i a l ne ighborhoods .

TO remove heavy t h r o u g h t ruck t r a f f i c from M i l f o r d Borough s t r e e t s . Two p o s s i b l e methods i n c l u d e a S t a t e t ruck ban and a by -pass .

To i n c r e a s e s a f e t y a t s c h o o l bus s t o p s .

To c o n t r o l an imal p e t s f rom r u n n i n g f r e e .

To improve w a t e r q u a l i t y .

To p r e s e r v e i n d i v i d u a l and ne ighborhood p r i v a c y . .c

To r e l a t e t o t h e Delaware Water Gap Na t iona l Park w i t h o u t b e i n g overwhelmed by i t s v i s i t o r s o r a c t i v i t i e s .

To r e q u i r e t h a t p e d e s t r i a n ways be well d e f i n e d , e n t r a n c e t o o f f - s t r e e t p a r k i n g a r e a s be well d e f i n e d and buf fers p r o v i d e d between o f f - s t r e e t p a r k i n g and t h e p e d e s t r i a n ways.

To e s t a b l i s h s t r i c t r e g u l a t i o n s f o r home o c c u p a t i o n s s o t h a t t h e y do n o t become a n u i s a n c e f o r t h e : r e s i d e n t i a l e n v i r o n m e n t . T h i s s h o u l d a l s o a p p l y t o hobby and c r a f t a c t i v i t i e s which expand i n t o a b u s i n e s s o p e r a t i o n .

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C O M P RE H E N S I V E P L A N RE C OME1 E N D A T I 0 N S

B O R O U G H O F M I L F O R D , P A .

O V E R A L L PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS

T h e M i l f o r d Borough Comprehensive P lan r e l i e s on t h e Community A t t i t u d e Su rvey , as w e l l a s new p l a n n i n g s u r v e y s , a s a b a s i s f o r p l a n recommendat ions. D i r e c t i o n f o r p l an recommendations was e s t a b l i s h e d by t h e community g o a l s and o b j e c t i v e s . P l a n recommendations were a l s o i n f l u e n c e d by issues o f o u r time a n d l o c a l c h a l l e n g e s . These i s sues and c h a l l e n g e s i n c l u d e :

I n f l a t i o n - S k y r o c k e t i n g i n f l a t i o n has r e s u l t e d i n 20 y e a r s o f r i s i n g p r i c e s . D u r i n g t h e l a s t s i x y e a r s , t h e annual i n c r e a s e i n consumer p r i c e s over t h e p r e v i o u s y e a r has averaged 6 p e r c e n t w i t h t h i s y e a r ' s i n d e x headed f o r 11+%. Consumers a r e s p e n d i n g a l a r g e r s h a r e o f t h e i r incomes on houses , au tomobi l e s a n d f u r - n i t u r e i n order t o p u t t h e i r money i n t o s e c u r e i t ems where t h e y can e n j o y t h e i r use. Many M i l f o r d r e s i d e n t s have done t h e same. T h i s i s one r eason why p r o p e r t y v a l u e s and a wholesome l i v i n g environment i n M i l f o r d a r e s o i m p o r t a n t t o t h e conmunity.

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f n e r g x - Cost of g a s o l i n e f o r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n has more t h a n doub led i n p r i c e d u r i n g t h e l a s t f i v e y e a r s . O u r r e s p o n s e has been t o buy more ene rgy e f f i c i e n t veh ic l e s and d r i v e a l i t t l e l e s s . Home h e a t - i n g c o s t s h a v e a l s o n e a r l y d o u b l e d i n r e c e n t y e a r s depending upon t h e e n e r g y source. O u r r e s p o n s e n a t i o n a l l y has been t o lower the thermosta t s a n d p u t on warmer c l o t h i n g d u r i n g the winter . How- e v e r , t h e e l d e r l y on f i x e d incomes and lower income people w i l l have g r e a t d i f f i c u l t y i n the n e a r f u t u r e , e s p e c i a l l y i f t h e y have l a r g e r homes. Some may have t o choose between food or w a r m t h .

PO u l a t i o n a n d S o c i a l C h a n g e s - In 1970, M i l f o r d had 21.9 p e r c e n t * 9 0 p o p u l a t i o n i n t he 65 a n d o l d e r c a t e g o r y . T h i s was t he h i g h e s t percent of any community i n t he a r e a a n d a l s o h i g h e r t h a n a l m o s t every o t h e r community i n the S t a t e . Because o f a d - vances i n o u r s o c i e t y , a woman today r e a c h i n g 65 has a l i f e e x p e c t - ancy o f s i x more y e a r s t h a n she d i d i n 1930. T h e t y p i c a l man o f 65 h a s a n a d d i t i o n a l l i f e e x p e c t a n c y of two more y e a r s t h a n he d i d i n 1930 . R e s p e c t i v e l y , t h e ave rage woman i s e x p e c t e d t o l i v e t o 83 and t h e a v e r a g e man t o 79 y e a r s o f a g e . Th i s c o u p l e d w i t h t h e p o s t World War I 1 baby boom e x p l a i n s why n a t i o n a l l y t h e n u m b e r o f e l d e r l y Americans w i l l doub le i n t h e nex t h a l f c e n t u r y from 2 4 . 4 m i l l i o n i n 1979 t o 55 m i l l i o n i n t h e y e a r 2030. Nany s e n i o r c i t i z e n s move i n t o P i k e County f o r r e t i r e m e n t . A n i n c r e a s i n g num- b e r , t h e r e f o r e , w i l l need n u r s i n g home, medical a n d o t h e r s p e c i a l s o c i a l s e r v i c e s .

A n overv iew o f o t h e r changes i n c l u d e postponement o f m a r r i a g e , i n - c r e a s e i n d i v o r c e r a t e , d o u b l i n g o f unmarr ied coup les l i v i n g t o - g e t h e r (young and o l d ) , a d u l t s a r e b e t t e r e d u c a t e d , t h e p e o p l e a r e f l o c k i n g t o n o n - m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s ( such a s Mi l fo rd Borough

- and P ike County) . See accompanying t a b l e f o r a s t a t i s t i c a l p o r -

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Slngles Uving Together

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1 g n 111.119.000. or512K 105,699.000. 48.8% 1978 112048.000. or 51.3% 106.502.000. Of 48.7% - _ ____._ -_ . _ _ ~ ._.-.. NarFi9.rudW'.

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1978 28.0% 39.0% 33.0% ! . - During 1978.. w l b n living outside '1 metropditan areas rose 1.81 T.000. Sub ; urbs went up by 476.000. and central-: cities declined by 611.000. . . . . . . . . . . ..-.. _... -. ... . .

S o u r c e : U . S . Census Bureau; f o r d i v o r c e s and m a r r i a g e s , U . S . Dept. o f H E N and e s t i m a t e s by USNeWR Eco- nomic u n i t .

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- t r a i t o f America. These s t a t i s t i c s may then be compared w i t h t h e s t a t i s t i c a l d e t a i l s p r e s e n t e d f o r M i l f o r d i n t h e P o p u l a t i o n , Housing and Economic Data A n a l y s i s i n t h e r e a r o f t h i s r e p o r t .

Impac t s o f n a t i o n a l s o c i a l changes shou ld be c o n s i d e r e d a s a backdrop for t h e t ime w h e n t h e M i l f o r d Comprehensive P lan was p r e p a r e d . N a t i o n a l l y , t h e r e i s a d i s t r u s t and s u s p i c i o n o f v a r i o u s l e v e l s o f government - t h e l e g a c y o f Wate rga te . Fami ly i n f l u e n c e i s d e c l i n i n g as c h i l d r e n i n c r e a s i n g l y p i c k u p t h e i r v a l u e s and codes o f conduc t from t e l e v i s i o n and peer groups i n - s t e a d o f from p a r e n t s and g r a n d p a r e n t s . The m a r r i a g e bond i s '

l o o s e n i n g w i t h a d i v o r c e p o p u l a t i o n n e a r l y doub le t h a t o f a decade ago . There i s a s k e p t i c i s m among t h e y o u n g o f what t h e i r p a r e n t s and t e a c h e r s s a y , and an uneasy f e e l i n g among a d u l t s t h a t t h e t e a c h i n g , m e d i c a l , l e g a l and o t h e r p r o f e s s i o n s a r e n o t a l l t h a t we t h o u g h t t h e y were many y e a r s ago . Many p e o p l e , p a r t i c u - l a r l y i n l a r g e r towns, have the n o t i o n t h a t many b u s i n e s s e s t r y t o g e t a s many d o l l a r s a s p o s s i b l e r a t h e r t h a n p r o v i d e useful p r o d u c t s and s e r v i c e s . Crime i s on t h e i n c r e a s e even where more money i s spen t t o combat c r i m e . Even w i t h o u r p r o s p e r o u s economy, one o u t o f s i x e l d e r l y p e r s o n s l i v e below t h e p o v e r t y l e v e l . Many p e o p l e a r e q u e s t i o n i n g whe the r o u r abundance o f m a t e r i a l goods i s r e a l l y p r o v i d i n g us w i t h t he good l i f e we want o r a r e t h e y e n s l a v - i n g us t o house , c a r and o t h e r m a t e r i a l p o s s e s s i o n s . We a s a Coun t ry depend on a few sma l l f o r e i g n n a t i o n s f o r a s i g n i f i c a n t p a r t of o u r d a i l y fue l needs . We a r e a t t h e i r mercy and a b r e a k down i n t h e f u e l / p o w e r sys tems cou ld c a u s e s h o r t a g e s , uncomfor t - a b l e s i t u a t i o n s o r d i s a s t e r s i n the f u t u r e . A t t h e same t ime, we see s igns o f op t imism th rough renewed i n t e r e s t i n r e l i g i o n , i n t e r e s t i n s m a l l n e s s w i t h more p e r s o n a l s e rv i ce and a r e s u r g e n c e o f American i n g e n u i t y r e l a t i v e t o e n e r g y c o n s u m p t i o n , p r o d u c t i o n and o t h e r m a t t e r s .

Government - Government has become a major p r o v i d e r o f s e rv i ce . The c o s t o f t h e s e s e r v i c e s i s p a i d through t a x e s a t a l l l e v e l s o f government . In M i l f o r d , the F e d e r a l , S t a t e and County gove rn - m e n t s w i l l have s i g n i f i c a n t i m p a c t s u p o n t h e community a s was p r e v i o u s l y s t a t e d i n t h e i n t r o d u c t i o n t o t h i s P lan r e p o r t .

P r i o r i t y P lan Recommendations - The f o l l o w i n g f i v e p r i o r i t y recom- menda t ions were based p r i m a r i l y on o p i n i o n s e x p r e s s e d i n t h e Mil- f o r d Communi t y Att i t u d e Survey:

1 . Remove t h r o u g h t r u c k t r a f f i c from M i l f o r d o r r educe t h e nega- t i v e impac t o f t h a t t r a f f i c i n some manner.

a . A Park S e r v i c e ban o f t r u c k s from U . S. 209 a p p e a r s t o be t he b e s t s o l u t i o n from M i l f o r d ' s s t a n d p o i n t .

b . A n a l t e r n a t e would be f o r some l a r g e r government body t o c o n s t r u c t a 209 by -pass . E n v i r o n m e n t a l i s t s and p e o p l e i n t e r e s t e d i n t r a f f i c f o r i t s b u s i n e s s p o t e n t i a l may. a g a i n

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f i n d f a u l t w i t h t h i s a l t e r n a t i v e . T h e r e f o r e , any by -pass f e a s i b i l i t y s t u d y s h o u l d t h o r o u g h l y a d d r e s s ' t h e s e i s s u e s . However, f u n d s a r e a l w a y s s c a r c e f o r such m a j o r p r o j e c t s . Even - if t h e y were a v a i l a b l e , t h e new r o a d w o u l d be many

a . y e a r s i n c o n s t r u c t i o n .

c . A r e g i o n a l s t u d y s h o u l d be u n d e r t a k e n w h i c h may r e v e a l some o t h e r s o l u t i o n .

2. P r e s e r v e h i s t o r i c b u i l d i n g s i n M i l f o r d .

a. Make an h i s t o r i c s i t e s i n v e n t o r y i n t h e f o r m a c c e p t a b l e t o S t a t e and F e d e r a l O f f i c i a l s .

b. Encourage S t a t e and F e d e r a l r e g i s t r a t i o n o f i n d i v i d u a l

c . C o n s i d e r d e s i g n a t i n g one o r more h i s t o r i c d i s t r i c t s a f t e r

(See accompanyi 'ng M i l f o r d W a l k i n g T o u r Map

h i s t o r i c s i t e s b y t h e owners o f t h o s e s i t e s .

t h e s u r v e y i s comp le te and more i n f o r m a t i o n i s a v a i l a b l e on d i s t r i c t s . w i t h a p r e l i m i n a r y p r o p o s e d H i s t o r i c D i s t r i c t . )

d. A p p o i n t an h i s t o r i c and a r c h i t e c t u r a l r e v i e w b o a r d t o a i d . p r o p e r t y owners when t h e y need a d v i c e i n r e m o d e l i n g , s i g n i n g o r b u i l d i n g .

e . Encourage p r i v a t e and p u b l i c o r g a n i z a t i o n s t o e d u c a t e t h e . p u b l i c a b o u t p r e s e r v a t i o n and commun i t y p r i d e . -

3 . Have a n n u a l F a l l - W i n t e r Town M e e t i n g s . T h i s w i l l p e r m i t Bo rough o f f i c i a l s t o t e l l t h e p u b l i c a b o u t l e a f r e m o v a l and snow r e - mova l p l a n s , as w e l l as o t h e r l o c a l l y i m p o r t a n t m a t t e r s . I f t h e p u b l i c wan ts more s e r v i c e t h a n i s b u d g e t e d , ' t h e n the ' p u b l i c s h o u l d be i n f o r m e d a b o u t t h e added c o s t . These a n n u a l m e e t i n g s m i g h t a l s o h e l p C o u n c i l t o p l a n t h e i r n e x t y e a r ' s a n n u a l b u d g e t a l i t t l e b e t t e r . C i t i z e n s m i g h t a l s o become more c o o p e r a t i v e w i t h p a r k i n g a.nd an u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e B o r o u g h ' s p r o b l e m s .

4 . Do n o t make m a j o r expans ions o f t h e Commerc ia l D i s t r i c t beyond i t s c u r r e n t z o n i n g boundary e x c e p t where c o m m e r c i a l uses e x i s t . The Borough has l a r g e zoned s t r i p s o f c o m m e r c i a l a l o n g B r o a d and H a r f o r d S t r e e t s . Any s u b s t a n t i a l e x p a n s i o n w o u l d i n t r u d e i n t o t h e r e s i d e n t i a l s e c t i o n s o f t h e Borough.

5. P e r m i t l a r g e r homes t o be c o n v e r t e d t o m u l t i f a m i l y h o u s i n g . Many l a r g e h i s t o r i c s t r u c t u r e s c a n n o t b e m a i n t a i n e d as s i n g l e - f a m i l y h o u s i n g because o f t h e c o s t of upkeep and e n e r g y . Con- v e r s i o n o f such b u i l d i n g s was a c c e p t a b l e t o t h e g r e a t m a j o r i t y o f communi ty s u r v e y responden ts .

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L A N D USE P L A N

Surveys a n d g e n e r a l o b s e r v a t i o n i n d i c a t e t h a t M i l f o r d has t h e f o l 1 owing 1 and use c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s :

- I t i s p r i m a r i l y a r e s i d e n t i a l community. Broad and H a r f o r d S t r e e t s ' may d i v i d e t h e Borough i n t o t h r e e s e c t i o n s b u t t h e e n t i r e community

i s small enough t o o p e r a t e a s one ne ighborhood. H i s t o r i c s t r u c - t u r e s and t r e e s a r e i m p o r t a n t t o t h e r e s i d e n t s .

- The County S e a t o f Government and o t h e r p u b l i c and s e m i - p u b l i c ( such a s churc t ies ) a c t i v i t i e s a l s o hold an i m p o r t a n t p o s i t i o n i n t h e community. A very s i g n i f i c a n t number o f j o b s a r e g e n e r a t e d by County Government and t h e County Cour t f a c i l i t y .

- Commercial a c t i v i t y i s a l s o i m p o r t a n t because p e o p l e from beyond t h e Borough a r e a t t r a c t e d t o do b u s i n e s s l o c a l l y . A genera l ' i zed l i s t i n g o f b u s i n e s s a n d s e r v i c e a c t i v i t y i n c l u d e s r e s t a u r a n t s , g roce ry - food s t o r e s , d r u g s t o r e s , b a n k s , a u t o m o b i l e r e l a t e d s t o r e s , b u i l d i n g and home p r o d u c t s , s p o r t i n g goods , g i f t - c r a f t - a n t i q u e s h o p s , depa r tmen t s t o r e s , f u n e r a l homes, r e a l e s t a t e a g e n c i e s , t r a v e l agency , music s t o r e , c l o t h i n g s t o r e , d o c t o r s , d e n t i s t s , l awyers a n d s u r v e y o r s . These a c t i v i t i e s a r e c o n v e n i e n t f o r Bor- ough r e s i d e n t s b u t t h e y a l s o more i m p o r t a n t l y c o n s t i t u t e a b a s i c economic a c t i v i t y , T h i s a c t i v i t y p r o v i d e s j o b s and b r i n g s o u t s i d e money i n t o t h e community. Pr imary r e a s o n s f o r t h i s a c t i v i t y b e i n g h e r e i n Mi l fo rd i s because o f t he i n t e r s e c t i o n o f t r a n s p o r t a t i o n r o u t e s . H i s t o r i c a l l y , M i l f o r d was c r e a t e d b e c a u s e o f i t s t r a n s - p o r t a t i o n a d v a n t a g e s a l o n g v a l l e y bot toms a n d i t s r e a d y access t o good w a t e r f o r d r i n k i n g , w a s h i n g power and commercial use .

Over t h e y e a r s , m a n u f a c t u r i n g a n d hotel business d e c l i n e d i n i m - p o r t a n c e . Modern i n d u s t r y needs e x t e n s i v e s p a c e . The re fo re , l a r g e p l a n t s l i k e Spa rkomat i c a n d o t h e r p l a n t s l o c a t e d n o r t h o f M i l f o r d where l a r g e r t r a c t s o f l a n d a n d more ready a c c e s s t o t h e major h igh - way sys tem were a v a i l a b l e . Hotel business d e c l i n e d because o f changes i n t h e American l i f e s t y l e . V i s i t o r s t o the Poconos a r e now a t t r a c - t e d t o a r e s o r t w h i c h u s u a l l y h a s a f u l l range o f season a c t i v i t i e s . I f t h e v a c a t i o n e r wishes t o s t a y l o n g e r , t h a t t y p e o f p e r s o n w i l l now buy or r en t a home a t a seasonal home development . E v e n t h e s e developments now h a v e a f u l l r a n g e o f f a c i l i t i e s . However, i n some r e s o r t a r e a s , o l d sma l l h o t e l s a r e r e t u r n i n g t o p o p u l a r i t y , e s p e c i a l l y i f t h e y a r e l o c a t e d i n an h i s t o r i c envi ronment and p r o v i d e good f o o d a n d / o r pe r sona l s e r v i c e s .

P o p u l a t i o n and h o u s i n g p r o j e c t i o n s f o r t h e County a n d Borough a r e p r e s e n t e d on t h e accompanying t a b l e a s a g u i d e f o r p l a n n i n g . T h e s o u r c e o f County i n f o r m a t i o n i s t h e Economic Development Counci l o f N o r t h e a s t e r n P e n n s y l v a n i a . Borough p r o j e c t i o n s .were p r e p a r e d by t h e P l a n n e r based o n t h e impac t o f t h e Comprehensive P l a n .

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P R O J E C T E D NEEDS AND CHARACTERISTICS

OF POPULATION AND H O U S I N G

P i k e M i 1 f o r d C o u n t y Borough

T o t a l P o p u l a t i o n

1970 11,818 1,190

P i k e M i 1 f o r d C o u n t y Borough

T o t a l P o p u l a t i o n

1970 11,818 1,190

1990

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1970

1990

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13,500 t o 1,300 t o 17,400 1,700

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1990

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l5,257 t o '6,718

24.7%

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3.0%

' ( a ) P e r s o n s p e r h o u s e h o l d i s d e r i v e d b y d i v i d i n g t h e number o f .

( b ) O c c u p i e d h o u s i n g u n i t s do n o t i n c l u d e g r o u p q u a r t e r s p o p u l a -

p e r s o n s b y t h e number o f heads o f h o u s e h o l d s .

t i o n such as a n u r s i n g home.

S o u r c e : Economic Deve lopment C o u n c i l o f N o r t h e a s t e r n P e n n s y l v a n i a and M i c h a e l Cabo t A s s o c i a t e s .

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The Economic Deve lopmen t C o u n c i l a l s o e s t i m a t e d t h e demand f o r a d d i t i o n a l h o u s i n g u n i t s i n P i k e Coun ty f o r t h e p e r i o d 1975 t o 1980. T h i s i n f o r m a t i o n i s p r e s e n t e d i n o r d e r t o c h a r a c t e r i z e €he t y p e o f h o u s i n g demand.,

ESTIMATED DEMAND F O R ADDITIONAL H O U S I N G

P I K E COUNTY, P A . 1975-1980

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P i k e C o u n t y

By M a j o r Income Groups

Low-Moderate Income Househo lds

- F a m i l i e s 70

- P r i m a r y I n d i v i d u a l s 40

Upper Income Househo lds 70

E l d e r l y U n i t s

S u p p l y A v a i l a b l e 1975 0

Demand Needed 1980 150

C o n g r e g a t e H o u s i n g F o r E l d e r l y -

R e s i d e n t s I n Homes F o r Aged 1970

Demand F o r L i v i n g Space I n C o n g r e g a t e H o u s i n g , 1980 110 ( b )

( a ) These do n o t i n c l u d e n u r s i n g , c o n v a l e s c e n t o r r e s t homes.

( b ) The 1980 demand p r o j e c t i o n s a r e based o n t h e a s s u m p t i o n t h a t 25 e l d e r l y p e r s o n s , o r 15.6 e l d e r l y h o u s e h o l d s w o u l d p r o v i d e a demand f o r 1 l i v i n g u n i t i n a c o n g r e g a t e home.

S o u r c e : Economic Deve lopmen t C o u n c i l o f N o r t h e a s t e r n P e n n s y l v a n i a .

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Land Use P l a n Recommendations - The M i l f o r d Comprehens ive P l a n Map recommends t h e l o c a t i o n o f v a r i o u s p r o p o s e d l a n d uses . F o l l o w i n q a r e l a n d use p l a n recommendat ions : (See n e x t page f o r p l a n map.) -

1. P r e s e r v e M i l f o r d as a d e s i r a b l e p l a c e i n w h i c h t o l i v e .

a. Enhance h i s t o r i c s t r u c t u r e s and s i t e s .

b . Encourage m a i n t e n a n c e and r e p a i r o f o l d e r homes. ( R e f e r t o a p p e n d i x f o r t i p s t o save e n e r g y a t home. E x i s t i n g h o u s i n g i s c o n s i d e r e d one o f M i l f o r d ' s g r e a t e s t a s s e t s . E v e r y e f f o r t s h o u l d be made t o make e x i s t i n g h o u s i n g e f f i c i e n t and a f f o r d a b l e as w e l l as b e a u t i f u l . )

c . P e r m i t e x i s t i n g l a r g e r s t r u c t u r e s t o be c o n v e r t e d t o a p a r t m e n t s o r c o n g r e g a t e h o u s i n g f o r t h e e l d e r l y .

d. P e r m i t new c o n s t r u c t i o n if i t f i t s i n t o t h e e n v i r o n m e n t w i t h o u t o v e r c r o w d i n g o r b e i n g v i s u a l l y o u t o f p l a c e .

e . Improve n e i g h b o r h o o d f a c i l i t i e s and s e r v i c e s .

1 ) S t r e e t t r e e s .

2 ) P a r k s .

3 ) S i d e w a l k s a l o n g m a j o r s t r e e t s and t o n e i g h b o r h o o d and commun i t y -w ide f a c i l i t i e s and i n t h e c o m m e r c i a l a r e a .

4 ) C o n t r o l p e t s .

f . D i s c o u r a g e b u i l d i n g s o v e r t h r e e s t o r i e s i n h e i g h t e x c e p t a l o n g t h e S a w k i l l where one o r more f o u r t o s i x s t o r y b u i l d i n g s m i g h t e v e n t u a l l y f i t i n t o t h e e n v i r o n m e n t .

g. P e r m i t home o c c u p a t i o n : w h i c h do n o t g e n e r a t e s i g n i f i c a n t t r a f f i c o r n o n - r e s i d e n t i a l a c t i v i t y .

2 . P r e s e r v e and enhance t h e commerc ia l ' a r e a s .

a . Improve s i g n appearance .

b. Make s i d e w a l k s a minimum o f 4 f e e t w i d e .

c . Upgrade s t r e e t t r e e s and p l a n t i n g s t r i p a p p e a r a n c e .

d . H i g h l i g h t e x i s t i n g h i s t o r i c s t r u c t u r e s and make s u r e t h a t new s t r u c t u r e s and s i g n s f i t i n t o t h e e n v i r o n m e n t .

e . R e t a i n and e x p a n d on t h e f l o w e r boxes , l i t t e r c o n t a i n e r s , o l d h i t c h i n g p o s t s and s i m i l a r i t e m s w h i c h g i v e a s p e c i a l c h a r a c t e r t o M i l f o r d .

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3 . P r o v i d e an o p p o r t u n i t y f o r C o u n t y and R e g i o n a l f u n c t i o n s t o expand w i t h i n t h e p u b l i c c o r r i d o r w h i c h has e v o l v e d o v e r t i m e . However, new b u i l d i n g s and p a r k i n g s h o u l d be k e p t w i t h i n t h e p r o p o s e d commerc ia l d i s t r i c t .

a . P a r k i n g i s t h e mos t i m m e d i a t e need. The C o u n t y s h o u l d d e v e l o p i t s p a r k i n g l o t - p a r k and s i m i l a r c o m b i n a t i o n s o f f u n c t i o n a l and a e s t h e t i c a l l y p l e a s i n g f e a t u r e s .

b . F u t u r e space w i l l be needed f o r o f f i c e e x p a n s i o n . I t w o u l d be d e s i r a b l e f o r t h e C o u n t y t o have a n o v e r a l l l o n g r a n g e p l a n w h i c h M i l f o r d c o u l d r e l a t e t o . Such a p l a n s h o u l d a l s o a d d r e s s Coun ty L i b r a r y p l a n s .

c . Encourage s m a l l s c a l e g i f t and c r a f t shops , t o u r i s t homes and p e r h a p s d i n n e r - t h e a t r e f a c i l i t i e s .

d . P u b l i c c o r r i d o r i s recommended as a n o v e r l a y t o c e r t a i n r e s i d e n t i a l and c o m m e r c i a l b l o c k s i n o r d e r t o show a c o n t i n u i t y b e t w e e n t h e v a r i o u s p u b l i c and s e m i p u b l i c l a n d uses . T h i s c o n t i n u i t y c o u l d be enhanced by c a r r y - i n g wa lkways , l i g h t i n g , benches and o t h e r s t r e e t f u r n i - t u r e t h r o u g h t h e o v e r l a y d i s t r i c t u s i n g t h e same p a v i n g m a t e r i a l and o t h e r m a t e r i a l s as a r e used a d j a c e n t t o t h e p u b l i c and s e m i - l a n d u s e s .

4 . P r e s e r v e t h e D e l a w a r e as a s c e n i c c o r r i d o r . L i m i t e d d e v e l o p - ment c o u l d t a k e p l a c e w i t h i n t h e v i s u a l c o r r i d o r b u t t h e d e v e l o p m e n t s h o u l d r e t a i n t r e e s a n d t h e e n v i r o n m e n t much as i t i s a t p r e s e n t .

5. F l o o d H a z a r d A r e a s s h o u l d be r e s e r v e d f o r open space a n d r e c r e a t i o n a l u s e s .

D e n s i t y and I n t e n s i t y O f Land Use - The l a n d use p l a n a l s o i n c l u d e s s t a n d a r d s f o r d e n s i t v and i n t e n s i t y o f l a n d use . The s t a n d a r d e s t a b l i s h e d b y t h i s p l a n s h a l l b e a s f o l l o w s :

1. D e n s i t y - D e n s i t y may be measured b y p e o p l e p e r a c r e o r h o u s i n g u n i t s p e r a c r e . D e n s i t y i s i m p o r t a n t r e l a t i v e t o p r o v i d - i n g communi ty s e r v i c e s and f a c i l i t i e s , as w e l l as m a i n t a i n i n g a q u a l i t y - o f - l i f e w i t h i n t h e Communi ty . Based upon t h e t y p e o f w a t e r and sewer f a c i l i t i e s a v a i l a b l e , d e n s i t y i n h o u s i n g u n i t s p e r a c r e s h o u l d n o t e x c e e d two u n i t s p e r a c r e w i t h on- l o t w a t e r and sewer u t i l i t i e s ; d e n s i t y s h o u l d n o t e x c e e d 4.5 u n i t s p e r a c r e where o n l y p u b l i c w a t e r i s p r o v i d e d and sew- age i s d i s p o s e d o f on t h e l o t ; d e n s i t y s h o u l d n o t e x c e e d 6.8 u n i t s p e r a c r e where b o t h w a t e r a n d sewer a r e c e n t r a l l y p r o - v i d e d b y a p u b l i c agency . C o n g r e g a t e h o u s i n g , g r o u p h o u s i n g and s i m i l a r f a c i l i t i e s s h o u l d be e v a l u a t e d o n a c a s e - b y - c a s e b a s i s b u t d e n s i t i e s s h o u l d g e n e r a l l y n o t e x c e e d 50 u n i t s p e r a c r e where c e n t r a l i z e d w a t e r and sewer s e r v i c e a r e p r o v i d e d .

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2. I n t e n s i t y - I n t e n s i t y may be measured b y t h e amount o f l a n d cove rage , b u l k o f b u i l d i n g and h e i g h t o f b u i l d i n g s . The maximum p e r c e n t o f l a n d cove rage on t h e l o t i s 50 p e r c e n t . T h i s w i l l a s s u r e t h a t a t l e a s t h a l f t h e l o t w i l l be a b l e t o a b s o r b r a i n w a t e r a n d w i l l s u p p o r t some v e g e t a t i v e c o v e r . Idhere s i n g l e f a m i . l y a t t a c h e d o r two f a m i l y b u i l d i n g s a r e t o be c o n s t r u c t e d , t h e n t h e p e r c e n t o f l a n d c o v e r s h a l l be r e - duced t o 35 p e r c e n t w i t h 65 p e r c e n t o f t h e l o t open. S i n g l e f a m i l y l o t c o v e r a g e s h a l l be no g r e a t e r t h a n 30 p e r c e n t . Maximum b u i l d i n g h e i g h t s h a l l be 40 f e e t o r 3 s t o r i e s f o r a l l b u i l d i n g s i n t h e Borough . An e x c e p t i o n may be t h a t t h e l a n d s a l o n g t h e S a w k i l l C reek c o u l d be d e v e l o p e d w i t h t a l l e r b u i l d - i n g s if t h e s o i l a n d g e o l o g i c c o n d i t i o n s can s u p p o r t s u c h s t r u c t u r e s . From a t o p o g r a p h i c s t a n d p o i n t , a maximum f i v e or s i x s t o r y b u i l d i n g c o u l d f i t i n t o t h e t e r r a i n a l o n g p a r t s o f t h e Sawki 11 . B u i l d i n g h e i g h t o f new s i n g l e f a m i l y d w e l l i n g s s h a l l be l i m i t e d t o 35 f e e t o r 2% s t o r i e s . Mew commerc ia l s t r u c t u r e s s h a l l be l i m i t e d t o 35 f e e t o r 3 s t o r i e s .

O t h e r M a t t e r s O f C o n c e r n C u r r e n t l y , p e o p l e a r e v e r y c o n c e r n e d w i t h e n e r g y c o n s e r v a t i o n a n d new s o u r c e s o f e n e r g y f o r t h e home. I t i s n o t t h e i n t e n t i o n o f t h i s M i l f o r d Comprehens ive P l a n t o r e s t r i c t p r o p e r t y o w n e r s f r o m i n s t a l l i n g g r e e n houses , s o l a r p a n e l s , and o t h e r d e v i c e s i n o r o u t s i d e t h e home w h i c h w i l l be done i n harmony w i t h t h e s t r u c t u r e a n d n e i g h b o r h o o d . W i n d m i l l s o r l a r g e s t r u c t u r e s w o u l d need t o be e v a l u a t e d as t i m e and c i r c u m s t a n c e s u n f o l d . The b a s i c p r i n c i p l e , however, s h o u l d be t h a t a n y a d d i t i o n s o r new s t r u c t u r e s s h o u l d be s o c o n s t r u c t e d t o be s a f e a n d n o t i n v i o l a t i o n o f t h e h e a l t h , s a f e t y , w e l f a r e and a e s t h e t i c s o f t h e p u b l i c i n t e r e s t i n t h e B o r o u g h o f M i l f o r d .

. H o u s i n g Recommendat ions - I t i s recommended t h a t a C o u n t y - w i d e m g s t u d y be p r e p a r e d w h i c h w i l l e s t a b l i s h a more u p - t o - d a t e c o n c e p t o f h o u s i n g need . T h a t s t u d y c o u l d be d e v e l o p e d as a n a r e a h o u s i n g o p p o r t u n i t y p l a n w h i c h w o u l d a d d r e s s t h e c o n c e p t o f d i s - t r i b u t i n g t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f new h o u s i n g t h r o u g h o u t P i k e C o u n t y . I n t h i s way, v a r i o u s s e c t i o n s o f t h e Coun ty c o u l d t a k e a f a i r s h a r e o f new h o u s i n g t o s a t i s y t h e need.

I t does a p p e a r t h a t M i l f o r d c o u l d s u p p o r t a l i m i t e d number o f hous - i n g u n i t s f o r t h e e l d e r l y i n s e p a r a t e o r c o n g r e g a t e h o u s i n g s t r u c - t u r e s . P r i o r i t y s h o u l d be g i v e n t o a d a p t i n g e x i s t i n g b u i l d i n g s f o r t h e h o u s i n g need. I n t h i s way, t h e m a r k e t f o r h o u s i n g w i l l r e m a i n s t r o n g r a t h e r t h a n s p r e a d i n g t h e m a r k e t t o o t h i n . An e x - cess o f h o u s i n g s u p p l y l e a d s t o v a c a n c i e s and c o u l d l e a d t o de- t e r i o r a t i o n o f s t r u c t u r a l c o n d i t i o n s .

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c o r i r w r m y FACILITY P L A N

O v e r a l l , communi ty f a c i l i t i e s and s e r v i c e s a r e i n b a l a n c e w i t h communi ty needs . The Borough H a l l i s a f i n e o l d b u i l d i n g . I t has t h r e e f a i r l y l a r g e m e e t i n g rooms. I t c o u l d use some i m p r o v e - ments r e l a t i v e t o a s e c o n d a r y emergency access f r o m p u b l i c s p a c e s , a d d i t i o n a l l a v a t o r y f a c i l i t i e s and i m p r o v e d v e n t i l a t i o n .

The Borough owns t h e b u i l d i n g n e x t t o t h e Borough H a l l on West C a t h e r i n e S t r e e t . The f i r s t f l o o r i s t h e p o l i c e h e a d q u a r t e r s . The s e c o n d f l o o r i s r e n t e d as a h o u s i n g u n i t . I t appears t o meet t h e need.

F i r e s t a t i o n f a c i l i t i e s i n c l u d e a r e l a t i v e l y new b u i l d i n g , a p a r k i n g l o t a n d s t o r a g e b u i l d i n g . The Borough uses p a r t o f t h e s t o r a g e b u i l d i n g t o s t o r e Borough e q u i p m e n t . However , t h e B o r o u g h ' s needs may soon expand b e y o n d t h i s b u i l d i n g ' s c a p a b i l i t y . The f i r e s t a t i o n i s j u s t s o u t h o f t h e Borough H a l l b u i l d i n g . V i s i t o r s t o t h e Borough b u i l d i n g s a r e a b l e t o use t h e f i r e m e n ' s p a r k i n g l o t . T h i s m u l t i p l e use o f p a r k i n g saves space and c o u l d be r e p l i c a t e d b y o t h e r s i n t h e Borough .

The Borough P l a y g r o u n d and M e m o r i a l P a r k a l s o f r o n t s on b les t C a t h e r i n e , as w e l l as o n F i f t h S t r e e t a n d N e s t Ann S t r e e t . The p a r k i s n i c e l y d e v e l o p e d w i t h p l a y g r o u n d e q u i p m e n t and l a n d s c a p i n g . I t i s w e l l l o c a t e d i n t h e m i d s t o f t h e n e i g h b o r h o o d away f r o m b u s y s t r e e t s . I t i s a l s o c l o s e enough t o t h e o t h e r Borough b u i l d i n g s t h a t s u p e r v i s i o n and m a i n t e n a n c e a r e enhanced b y t h i s c l u s t e r o f p u b l i c uses .

One b l o c k t o t h e e a s t o f t h i s c l u s t e r i s t h e C o u n t y C o u r t House, j a i l and r e l a t e d b u i l d i n g s . One b l o c k t o t h e w e s t i s an e lemen- t a r y s c h o o l . Those b u i l d i n g s were b e y o n d t h e scope o f t h i s s t u d y . However, i t became a p p a r e n t t h a t a c o r r i d o r o f p u b l i c b u i l d i n g s had e v o l v e d o v e r t i m e w i t h t h e v a r i o u s b u i l d i n g s d e s c r i b e d above l o c a t e d i n t h i s c o r r i d o r .

R e c e n t l y , t h e Borough W a t e r A u t h o r i t y p u r c h a s e d a b u i l d i n g o n P e a r A l l e y f o r t h e i r o f f i c e . The \ l a t e r A u t h o r i t y p r o v i d e s m u n i c i - p a l w a t e r t o a l m o s t a l l Bo rough r e s i d e n t s . E v a l u a t i o n o f t h e w a t e r s y s t e m was beyond t h e scope o f t h i s s t u d y .

Sewage i s commonly d i s p o s e d o f on t h e l o t v i a a s e p t i c t a n k and d r a i n f i e l d o r c e s s p o o l s y s t e m s . A f e w l a r g e r f a c i l i t i e s s u c h as t h e n u r s i n g home have t h e i r own s y s t e m o r a r e p l a n n i n g a c e n t r a l - i z e d sewage d i s p o s a l s y s t e m .

The Borough has a l i m i t e d s t o r m w a t e r d r a i n a g e sys tem. A d d i t i o n a l s t o r m sewers a r e needed t o h a n d l e t h e h e a v y r a i n w a t e r r u n o f f f rom t h e s u r r o u n d i n g h i l l s i d e and t o w n s h i p d e v e l o p m e n t . An i m p r o v e d s t o r m d r a i n a g e s y s t e m w i l l enhance r o a d m a i n t e n a n c e . A s t o r m d r a i n - age s y s t e m s h o u l d be c a r e f u l l y e n g i n e e r e d c o n s i d e r i n g t h e i n p u t f rom

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a r e a s o u t s i d e t h e B o r o u g h . For t h i s r e a s o n , t he s tudy could be c a r r i e d o u t a s a County r e s p o n s i b i l i t y .

Milford B o r o u g h has t h r e e o t h e r pa rks . The JFK P a r k i s a l a n d - scaped green space a t t h e s o u t h e r l y e n t r a n c e t o t h e Borough on the e a s t e r l y s i d e o f t h e dangerous Route 209 bend a n d h i l l i n t o Mi l ford . In some ways, t he park provides a b u f f e r from t r u c k s d o i n g more damage t o p r o p e r t i e s nearby, a1 t h o u g h s e v e r a l o t h e r p r o p e r t i e s have been damaged a s w e l l .

T h e second Borough Park i s t h e O r v i l l e Memorial P a r k a n d Play- g r o u n d . I t i s l o c a t e d e a s t of T h i r d S t r e e t between Ca the r ine a n d H i g h S t r e e t s . I t over looks the Delaware River . I t does have a p o t e n t i a l f o r expansion t o w a r d t h e r i v e r b u t t h e a c t i v i - t i e s would be l i m i t e d by the s t e e p s l o p e t o w a r d t h e r i v e r . The f l a t e x i s t i n g p o r t i o n of t h i s p a r k has b a l l f i e l d s which a r e a c t i v e l y used. There i s p o t e n t i a l f o r a d d i t i o n a l programs and f a c i l i t i e s a t t h i s p a r k . I t , t o o , i s wel l l o c a t e d away f rom heavy t r a f f i c s t r e e t s a n d c e n t r a l l y l o c a t e d .

The t h i r d Borough P a r k i s a s i t t i n g a r e a ove r look ing t h e Delaware River . I t i s t h e Ethe l 14oyes Barkley Memorial Park. I t . i s wel l ca red f o r . However, i t s once s c e n i c view i s being i n t e r - rup ted by t r e e g r o w t h on t h e Delaware River Val ley s i d e .

Community F a c i l i t y Recommendations - Fol lowing a r e t h e major Com- munity F a c i l i t i e s P lan recommendations f o r t h e M i l f o r d Borough Comprehensive P1 a n .

1 . Prepare a seven y e a r C a p i t a l Improvements Program. The p u r - pose o f t h i s p r o g r a m i s t o schedule m a j o r improvements t o Borough s t r e e t s , d r a i n a g e , b u i l d i n g s , e t c . w i t h i n t h e p r o - j e c t e d revenues . Sys t ema t i c improvement could avoid m a j o r problems coming a l l a t one t ime.

d ra inage will e v e n t u a l l y save money i n road r e p a i r a n d snow- i c e removal c o s t s . S t a t e a n d r e g i o n a l c o o p e r a t i o n s h o u l d be s o u g h t t o p rov ide t h e m a j o r storm sewer needed from F o r e s t H i l l , t h r o u g h t h e Borough a long Seventh S t r e e t t o the s t r eam.

2 . S t o r m d ra inage s h o u l d be s y s t e m a t i c a l l y improved. B e t t e r

3 . Al leys should be s y s t e m a t i c a l l y improved. Assessment o f b e n e f i t i n g p r o p e r t y owners should be c o n s i d e r e d .

4 . The F i r e Department Municipal P a r k i n g L o t could be s u r f a c e d a s needed ( s h a l e may be a c c e p t a b l e ) , s ignage a n d l andscap ing c o u l d be enhanced. The Borough should e s t a b l i s h municipal p a r k i n g i n t he commerci a1 a r ea where e x i s t i n g p a r k i n g f a c i 1 i - t i e s become i n a d e q u a t e . A s p e c i a l P a r k i n g Au thor i ty should be appoin ted t o de te rmine t h e s p e c i f i c needs a n d f e a s i b i l i t y o f s a t i s f y i n g t h o s e needs .

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Municipal b u i l d i n g s should be made energy e f f i c i e n t , s a f e r i n terms o f f i r e e x i t s a s needed, v e n t i l a t i o n a n d l i g h t i n g a s needed. The charm o f t h e Borough Bui ld ing should be r e t a i n e d a n d h i g h l i g h t e d .

Garage a n d s t o r a g e space should be developed a s needed t o p re se rve v e h i c l e s a n d equipment.

Sidewalks s h o u l d be r equ i r ed i n t h e commercial a r e a and a l o n g ma jo r s t r e e t s l e a d i n g t o p a r k a n d p u b l i c b u i l d i n g s . A s i d e - w a l k m a t e r i a l should be s e l e c t e d which i s i n keeping w i t h Mi 1 f o r d ' s envi ronment.

Mu1 t i - u s e o f S c h o o l s , County, Church a n d o t h e r f a c i l i t i e s should be e x p l o r e d . This could enhance r e c r e a t i o n , meeting a n d park ing r e s o u r c e s w i t h o u t d u p l i c a t e e x p e n d i t u r e s .

A Community Cen te r o r S e n i o r C i t i z e n Center f a c i l i t y s h o u l d be f u r t h e r e x p l o r e d .

E x p l o r e l i b r a r y expansion t h r o u g h branches i n o r d e r t o provide more s e r v i c e s t o County r e s i d e n t s .

Rec rea t ion f a c i l i t i e s a n d o p p o r t u n i t i e s could b e enhanced by t h e f o l l o w i n g :

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F a c i l i t i e s a n d l a n d a t the O r v i l l e Nearing Memorial P a r k should be expanded. Volley b a l l , handbal l a n d o t h e r c o u r t games could f i t i n t o s u c h , a neighborhood park . How- e v e r , an a n a l y s i s of t h e p a r k a n d a s i m p l i f i e d community survey shou ld be prepared be fo re m a j o r i nves tmen t s a r e unde r t aken . Maintenance a n d programs should be cons idered i n t h e P a r k P l a n . B o a t a c c e s s should be provided t o the Delaware R ive r , p a r t i c u l a r l y f o r l o c a l r e s i d e n t s .

The Glen l o c a t e d along the S a w k i l l Creek was once a popu la r r e c r e a t i o n a r e a . A s s i s t a n c e may be a v a i l a b l e f rom t h e Federa l Government t o r e e s t a b l i s h t h e Glen as a p a s s i v e r e c r e a t i o n a r e a .

Explore t h e p o s s i b i l i t y o f h y d r o e l e c t r i c power g e n e r a t i o n f r o m the Sawki l l Creek. ! . l i t h the surge i n t e c h n i c a l improvements t o small s c a l e g e n e r a t o r s , i t may be f e a s i b l e f o r t h e Borough t o co -gene ra t e e l e c t r i c i t y a n d develop a revenue s o u r c e a t t he same time i t i s s av ing o t h e r v a l u a b l e energy s o u r c e s .

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As def ined e a r l i e r i n t h i s r e p o r t , most o f Milford B o r o u g h ' s t r a f f i c problems a r e r e l a t e d t o the heavy t r u c k t r a f f i c on U . S. Route 209 . However, t h e r e appears t o be l i t t l e t h a t t h e B o r o u g h can do t o ' s o l v e t h i s problem. T h e r e f o r e , d u r i n g t h e p l a n n i n g p r o g r a m , l e t t e r s of concern were s o l i c i t e d from c i t i - zens . These l e t t e r s were taken t o t h e C o u n t y a n d U . S . Rep- r e s e n t a t i v e s f o r h e l p .

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1 . S u p p o r t t he removal o f t r u c k t r a f f i c from Route 209 .

2 . Consider recommending a t ruck weigh s t a t i o n a t t h e t o l ? b r idge a rea a d j a c e n t t o t h e Borough .

3 . Keep c r i t i c a l s i g h t d i s t a n c e s open a t t h e i n t e r s e c t i o n s o f l o c a l s t r e e t s w i t h Broad and Harford S t r e e t s .

4 . Discourage t h r o u g h t r a f f i c on l o c a l s t r e e t s by u s i n g s t o p s i g n s , i n c r e a s e d en fo rcemen t , bumps u l t i m a t e l y block o f f c e r t a i n s t r e e t s . New S t a t e requirements r e q u i r e e n g i n e e r i n g j u s t i f i c a t i o n s f o r t r a f f i c c o n t r o l d e v i c e s .

5. Consider a n a u t h o r i t y t o handle p a r k i n g needs i f t h e Borough . budget cannot a f f o r d f u t u r e improvements.

6 . Improve en t r ancenays t o t h e B o r o u g h .

a . Request t h e S t a t e t o apply a b e t t e r , non-skid s u r f a c e on r o a d s , e s p e c i a l l y 209 from S t r o u d s b u r g .

b . Rebuild r e t a i n i n g w a l l s a t t h e 209 e n t r a n c e t o t h e B o r o u g h . Guard r a i l s s h o u l d be added f o r s a f e t y and landscaping f o r appearance .

7. Schedule s y s t e m a t i c p a v e m e n t u p g r a d i n g ' . Consider doing t h i s w i t h work f o r c e i n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h a d j a c e n t m u n i c i p a l i t i e s , perhaps through a n a r e a counc i l o f governments.

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POPULATION, H O U S I N G AND E C O N O M I C DATA ANALYSIS

BOROUGH OF CIILFORD, P A .

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The accompany ing t a b l e s p r e s e n t d a t a c o m p i l e d f r o m c e n s u s r e p o r t s w h i c h c o v e r p o p u l a t i o n , h o u s i n g and e c o n o m i c c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s f o r P i k e Coun ty , t h e B o r o u g h o f M i l f o r d and s u r r o u n d i n g Townsh ips . A b r i e f a n a l y s i s o f t h i s d a t a i s p r e s e n t e d b e l o w .

POPULATION

T a b l e s 1 - 6 p r e s e n t v a r i o u s c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f t h e p o p u l a t i o n , b o t h p a s t and p r e s e n t . These c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s a r e a n a l y z e d as f o l l o w s :

T o t a l P o p u l a t i o n a n d P o p u l a t i o n T rends - T a b l e s 1 a n d 2 i n d i c a t e t h e t o t a l p o p u l a t i o n f o r t h e p e r i o d 1940 t o 1970 a n d t h e p e r - c e n t a g e changes d u r i n g t h i s p e r i o d . The B o r o u g h ' s p o p u l a t i o n i h c r e a s e d s i g n i f i c a n t l y f r o m 1940 t o 1950, b u t t h i s r a t e o f i n - c r e a s e s l o w e d c o n s i d e r a b l y d u r i n g t h e p e r i o d 1950 t o 1960. The 1960 p o p u l a t i o n o f 1,198 r e p r e s e n t s t h e h i g h e s t t o t a l i n t h e 30 y e a r p e r i o d s i n c e t h e r e w a s a s l i g h t d e c r e a s e f r o m 1960 t o 1970 . M i l f o r d T o w n s h i p a n d D e l a w a r e Townsh ip e x p e r i e n c e d c o n t i n u o u s p o p u l a t i o n g r o w t h f r o m 1940 t o 1970, w h i l e Dingman T o w n s h i p ex - p e r i e n c e d a s l i g h t d e c l i n e be tween 1940 a n d 1950, b u t t h e n h a d p o p u l a t i o n i n c r e a s e s i n t h e two s u c c e e d i n g decades .

The r a t e o f g r o w t h i n a l l m u n i c i p a l i t i e s , e x c e p t Dingman Townsh ip , was l e s s d u r i n g t h e p e r i o d 1950-1960 t h a n i t was d u r i n g t h e p e r i o d 1940-1950. The p e r i o d 1960-1970 saw a s i g n i f i c a n t i n c r e a s e i n t h e r a t e o f p o p u l a t i o n g r o w t h f o r P i k e C o u n t y , D e l a w a r e T o w n s h i p and Dingman T o w n s h i p w h i l e t h e r a t e o f g r o w t h i n M i l f o r d T o w n s h i p d r o p p e d c o n s i d e r a b l y and t h e Borough h a d a d e c r e a s e i n p o p u l a t i o n .

Age, Race a n d Sex D i s t r i b u t i o n - T a b l e 3 i n d i c a t e s t h e d i s t r i b u - t i o n o f t h e p o p u l a t i o n b y v a r i o u s age g r o u p s . The m a j o r p o i n t s t o be n o t e d a r e t h a t t h e Borough has a s i g n i f i c a n t l y l a r g e r p e r - c e n t a g e o f i t s p o p u l a t i o n i n t h e 65 and o v e r age g r o u p t h a n do t h e o t h e r a r e a s shown, and t h a t t h e B o r o u g h has a s m a l l e r p e r c e n t - age o f y o u n g e r p e r s o n s (ages 0 -17 ) t h a n a l l t h e o t h e r a r e a s shown e x c e p t M i l f o r d T o w n s h i p . These two f a c t o r s c o m b i n e d p r o d u c e a r e l a t i v e l y h i g h m e d i a n age (39 .7 y e a r s ) i n d i c a t i n g a g e n e r a l l y o l d e r p o p u l a t i o n . M i l f o r d Townsh ip and D e l a w a r e T o w n s h i p had a s l i g h t l y h i g h e r m e d i a n age t h a n t h e Borough , i n d i c a t i n g an o l d e r p o p u l a t i o n i n t h e e n t i r e a r e a s u r r o u n d i n g t h e B o r o u g h .

I n te rms o f p o p u l a t i o n d i s t r i b u t i o n b y s e x , t h e B o r o u g h has a l a r g e r p e r c e n t a g e o f f e m a l e s t h a n any o f t h e o t h e r a r e a s shown.

- This i s i n d i c a t i v e o f t h e o l d e r p o p u l a t i o n s i n c e f e m a l e s g e n e r a l l y l i v e l o n g e r t h a n m a l e s . The p o p u l a t i o n d i s t r i b u t i o n by r a c e i n - d i c a t e s a v e r y s m a l l n o n - w h i t e p o r t i o n o f t h e p o p u l a t i o n i n t h e a r e a s c o v e r e d , a 1 t h o u g h t h e B o r o u g h ' s p e r c e n t a g e o f n o n - w h i t e r e s i -

' d e n t s i s the l a r g e s t o f t h e a r e a s shown.

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Household S ize - Table 4 p r e s e n t s f i g u r e s on t h e average house- h o l d . s i z e f o r 1960 and 1970. W i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n o f Delaware and Dingman T o w n s h i p s , a l l a r e a s expe r i enced a d e c r e a s e i n house- ho ld s i z e f r o m 1960 t o 1970, This r e f l e c t s a n a t i o n a l t r e n d ' d u r - i n g t h i s pe r iod t o w a r d s m a l l e r f a m i l i e s w i t h f ewer c h i l d r e n a n d young couples p o s t p o n i n g h a v i n g c h i l d r e n u n t i l l a t e r i n t h e i r mar r i age . The i n c r e a s e s i n t h e two T o w n s h i p s n o t e d above may be a r e s u l t o f i n c r e a s e d home development d u r i n g t h e pe r iod which may have a t t r a c t e d more f a m i l i e s w i t h younger c h i l d r e n . I t shou ld a l s o be noted t h a t t h e average household s i z e i n t h e Bor- o u g h i s the lowes t o f a l l t h e a r e a s s h o w n , a g a i n r e f l e c t i n g an o l d e r popu la t ion w i t h s m a l l e r f a m i l i e s and fewer c h i l d r e n .

Educat ion - T a b l e 5 i n d i c a t e s the median school y e a r s completed f o r t h e p o r t i o n o f t h e popu la t ion w h i c h i s 25 y e a r s o l d and o v e r . The B o r o u g h h a s a r e l a t i v e l y h i g h f i g u r e i n d i c a t i n g a l a r g e pe r - cen tage of t h e p e o p l e i n t h i s a g e g r o u p have completed h i g h school and many have r e c e i v e d some c o l l e g e t r a i n i n g as w e l l . I t s h o u l d be noted t h a t t h e County a n d t h e f o u r mun ic ipa l i t i e s a l l have h i g h e r m e d i a n s . t h a n t h e S t a t e a s a whole. These f i g u r e s a r e i n d i c a t i v e o f a n a t i o n a l t r end toward more e d u c a t i o n a n d may i n d i c a t e a s i g n i f i c a n t p o r t i o n o f t h e p o p u l a t i o n i s e n g a g e d i n p r o f e s s i o n s w h i c h r e q u i r e d educa t ion beyond t h e h i g h school l e v e l .

Popu la t ion Migra t ion - Table 6 i n d i c a t e s t h e ne t i n - m i g r a t i o n i n t o t h e Borough d u r i n q ttie pe r iod 1960 t o 1970. Based s o l e l y on d e a t h s veisus l i v e b i r t h s , t h e B o r o u g h ' s p o p u l a t i o n w o u l d have dec reased by 4 3 per sons , b u t t h e d e c r e a s e was o n l y 8 persons s i n c e 35 persons moved i n t o t h e Borough d u r i n g t h e p e r i o d 1960-1970. T h i s could be i n d i c a t i v e o f b e t t e r employment o p p o r t u n i t i e s i n t he B o r o u g h , and may a l s o i n d i c a t e t h a t h o u s i n g was a v a i l a b l e f o r p e r s o n s d e s i r i n g t o l i v e i n t h e Borough.

Conclus ions - The above a n a l y s i s i n d i c a t e s t h a t t h e B o r o u g h ' s p o p u l a - t i o n may be s t a b i l i z i n g a t i t s 1970 l e v e l of approx ima te ly 1200 pe r sons . Idhen t h e 1980 census d a t a i s a v a i l a b l e , t h i s t r end may become more a p p a r e n t . A l a c k o f l a r g e v a c a n t , b u i l d a b l e a r e a s a n d a slowdown i n h o u s i n g c o n s t r u c t i o n w i l l a l s o t e n d t o keep t h e p o p u l a - t i o n a t t h i s l e v e l .

I t can be expec ted t h a t t h e popu la t ion w i l l become o l d e r i n t h e y e a r s ahead due t o f ewer young f a m i l i e s and an i n c r e a s i n g p e r c e n t - age of e l d e r l y r e s i d e n t s . Household s i z e w i l l consequen t ly p r o b - a b l y con t inue t o d e c r e a s e i n t h e f u t u r e , A l o n g w i t h t he o l d e r p o p u l a t i o n , the h i g h e r pe rcen tage o f f ema les versus males can be expec ted t o c o n t i n u e a n d may i n c r e a s e . A s i g n i f i c a n t i n c r e a s e i n the n o n - w h i t e p o p u l a t i o n i s u n l i k e l y , a n d e d u c a t i o n l e v e l s c a n be expec ted t o i n c r e a s e a s a r e s u l t o f i n c r e a s e d emphasis on h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n a n d t r a i n i n g beyond the h i g h schoo l e v e l , Future m i g r a t i o n p a t t e r n s a r e d i f f i c u l t t o p r e d i c t a n d w i l l d e p e n d on t h e a v a i l a b i l i t y of h o u s i n g and employment i n t h e Borough.

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Tab les 7-10 p re sen t v a r i o u s c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f h o u s i n g i n t h e Borough. These c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s a r e a n a l y z e d a s f o l l o w s :

T o t a l H o u s i n g U n i t s , Occupancy a n d Vacancies -L Tab le 7 i n d i c a t e s t h a t t h e r e were 523 h o u s i n g u n i t s i n t h e Borough i n 1970, o f which 8 were s e a s o n a l u n i t s n o t occupied on a yea r - round b a s i s . The t o t a l n u m b e r o f vacanc ie s ( 4 0 ) a n d t h e o v e r a l l vacancy r a t e ( 7 . 8 % ) a re q u i t e h i g h , b u t a s i n d i c a t e d on Tab le 7 , on ly 4 of t h e 4 0 u n i t s were a c t u a l l y a v a i l a b l e . The remainder were n o t i n t h e h o u s i n g marke t f o r v a r i o u s r e a s o n s .

A m a j o r i t y o f t h e u n i t s i n t h e B o r o u g h a r e owner-occupied . How- e v e r , t he p e r c e n t a g e of r e n t e r - o c c u p i e d u n i t s i s much l a r g e r t h a n the County and s u r r o u n d i n g T o w n s h i p s . T h i s i s i n d i c a t i v e o f t h e gene ra l s i t u a t i o n i n o l d e r , deve loped communities and a l s o t h e l a c k o f r e n t a l u n i t s i n rural t o w n s h i p s .

The median n u m b e r o f rooms o f u n i t s i n t h e Borough i s r a t h e r h i g h and r e f l e c t s o l d e r , l a r g e r homes which were c o n s t r u c t e d w h e n f a m i l y s i z e s were l a r g e r t h a n t hey a r e t o d a y . Consequent ly , t h e p e r c e n t a g e o f u n i t s t h a t a r e overcrowded i s q u i t e s m a l l , i n d i c a t - i n g smal ler f a m i l i e s l i v i n g i n l a r g e r , o l d e r homes.

S t r u c t u r a l C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s - Table 8 i n d i c a t e s t h a t a l a r g e ‘ m a j o r i t y o f t h e hous ing un i t s i n t he 8orough a r e s i n g l e f ami ly

homes. However, t h e number o f m u l t i - u n i t s t r u c t u r e s i s much g r e a t e r t h a n t h e s u r r o u n d i n g t o w n s h i p s a r e represents a s i g n i f i - c a n t p o r t i o n o f t h e m u l t i - u n i t s t r u c t u r e s i n t h e County a s a whole. The l a r g e r n u m b e r o f mu1 t i - u n i t s t r u c t u r e s co r re sponds w i t h the h i g h e r p e r c e n t a g e o f r e n t e r - o c c u p i e d u n i t s , a n d a g a i n i s i n d i c a t i v e o f hous ing types i n many o l d e r communit ies .

A s i n d i c a t e d , a v a s t m a j o r i t y ( a lmos t 83%) o f t h e housing un i t s i n t h e Borough were c o n s t r u c t e d b e f o r e 1940 . T h i s i n d i c a t e s t h e hous ing s tock i s q u i t e o l d , r e f l e c t i n g t h e l a r g e r houses noted above , and i n d i c a t i n g t h e need t o be conce rned w i t h maintenance a n d r e h a b i l i t a t i o n o f o l d e r homes.

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P l u m b i n g C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s - Table 9 i n d i c a t e s t h e s o u r c e o f w a t e r , t ype o f sewage d i s p o s a l and t h e p r e s e n c e o f p l u m b i n g f a c i l i t i e s . A s c a n be n o t e d , 98% o f a l l un i t s i n t he Borough a r e served by a p u b l i c w a t e r s u p p l y , wh i l e on ly 10.7% a r e s e rved by p u b l i c s ewers . Only 1 0 % o f a l l un i t s were l a c k i n g some o r a l l p l u m b - i n g f a c i l i t i e s i n 1970, and t h i s i s one i n d i c a t o r o f g e n e r a l l y good h o u s i n g condi t i ons . F i n a n c i a l C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s - Table 10 i n d i c a t e s t h e market v a l u e and g ross r e n t f o r hous ing u n i t s i n t h e Borough and i n sur round- i n g a r e a s . The mean market va lue i n t h e Borough i s c o n s i d e r a b l y h i g h e r than t h a t f o r t h e County a s a who le , and o n l y Delaware T o w n s h i p has a h i g h e r mean v a l u e . T h i s i s i n d i c a t i v e o f t h e l a r g e r homes which e x i s t i n t he Borough a n d may a l s o i n d i c a t e a good o v e r a l l c o n d i t i o n f o r m o s t u n i t s .

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Gross. r e n t s i n t h e B o r o u g h a r e s l i g h t l y h i g h e r t h a n i n t h e C o u n t y as a w h o l e , and a g a i n t h i s may r e f l e c t l a r g e r u n i t s i z e s . The l a c k o f d a t a f o r t h e t h r e e Townsh ips i s due t o t h e s m a l l number o f r e n t a l u n i t s i n t h e s e m u n i c i p a l i t i e s and t o t h e p r o b l e m o f d i s c l o s u r e w h i c h w o u l d i n d i c a t e t h e r e n t f o r a s p e c i f i c u n i t .

C o n c l u s i o n s - The B o r o u g h c o n t a i n s an o l d e r h o u s i n g s t o c k w h i c h 3 s a p p a r e n t l y q u i t e w e l l m a i n t a i n e d . T h i s does n o t mean, how- e v e r , t h a t t h e r e s h o u l d be r e d u c e d c o n c e r n w i t h c o n t i n u e d m a i n - t e n a n c e and r e h a b i l i t a t i o n o f t h e h o u s i n g s t o c k . W h i l e m o s t u n i t s a r e o f t h e s i n g l e f a m i l y t y p e , a s i g n i f i c a n t p o r t i o n o f t h e m u l t i - u n i t s t r u c t u r e s i n t h e Coun ty a r e l o c a t e d i n t h e B o r o u g h , a s a r e a s i g n i f i c a n t p e r c e n t a g e o f t h e r e n t a l u n i t s i n t h e Coun ty . The a v a i l a b l e v a c a n c y r a t e i n 1 9 7 0 was q u i t e l o w and g i v e n t h e p r e s e n t t i g h t h o u s i n g m a r k e t , i t i s u n l i k e l y t h a t t h i s has changed s i g n i f i c a n t l y s i n c e 1970,

E C O N O M I C S

T a b l e s 11-15 p r e s e n t e c o n o m i c c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s f o r t h e B o r o u g h a n d s u r r o u n d i n g a r e a s . These c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s a r e a n a l y z e d a s f o l l o w s :

Employment C a t e g o r y a n d I n d u s t r y - T a b l e s 11 a n d 1 2 p r e s e n t i n - f o r m a t i o n on t h e o c c u p a t i o n and m a j o r i n d u s t r i a l c a t e g o r y o f e m p l o y e d p e r s o n s i n 1 9 7 0 . As shown i n T a b l e 11, t h e m a j o r o c c u - p a t i o n was p r o f e s s i o n a l a n d m a n a g e r i a l p o s i t i o n s w i t h 25.9% o f t h e p o p u l a t i o n 1 4 a n d o v e r engaged i n t h e s e t w o c a t e g o r i e s . T h i s d a t a c o i n c i d e s w i t h t h e p r e v i o u s d i s c u s s i o n o f r e l a t i v e l y h i g h e d u c a t i o n l e v e l s i n t h e Borough and w i t h T a b l e 1 2 w h i c h i n d i c a t e s o v e r 70% o f t h e l a b o r f o r c e i s e m p l o y e d i n non-manu- f a c t u r i n g j o b s , C r a f t s m e n a n d o p e r a t i v e s , s a l e s a n d c l e r i c a l w o r k e r s , s e r v i c e w o r k e r s a n d s t u d e n t s r e p r e s e n t t h e r e m a i n i n g m a j o r o c c u p a t i o n s .

Unemployment i n 1970 was o n l y 1 3 p e r s o n s o r 2.1% o f t h o s e 1 4 and o v e r , a l t h o u g h i t i s l i k e l y t h a t p r e s e n t unemp loymen t may b e somewhat h i g h e r , r e f l e c t i n g t h e g e n e r a l s t a t e o f t h e economy. O f t h o s e employed, T a b l e 1 3 i n d i c a t e s t h a t d i s t r i b u t i o n b e t w e e n m a l e s and f e m a l e s i n t h e l a b o r f o r c e was g e n e r a l l y t h e same f o r t h e Borough and f o r t h e C o u n t y as a w h o l e . As m i g h t b e e x - p e c t e d , ma les a c c o u n t e d f o r a much l a r g e r p o r t i o n o f t h e w o r k f o r c e t h a n f e m a l e s . T h i s s i t u a t i o n may have changed s i n c e 1970, h o w e v e r , w i t h more f e m a l e s now w o r k i n g t o p r o v i d e a s e c o n d f a m i l y i n c o m e and o t h e r s p o s t p o n i n g m a r r i a g e i n o r d e r t o p u r s u e c a r e e r s

F a m i l y Income - T a b l e 1 4 i n d i c a t e s t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n o f f a m i l y -income by v a r i o u s i n c o m e r a n g e s and a l s o i n d i c a t e s t h e a v e r a g e o r mean income f o r a l l f a m i l i e s . As i n d i c a t e d , t h e B o r o u g h had t h e h i g h e s t mean i n c o m e o f t h e f o u r m u n i c i p a l i t i e s i n t h e t a b l e a n d a l s o had t h e h i g h e s t p e r c e n t a g e o f f a m i l i e s e a r n i n g $15,000 o r more . T h i s i ncome d a t a r e f l e c t s t h e h i g h p e r c e n t a g e o f p r o - f e s s i o n a l and m a n a g e r i a l o c c u p a t i o n s n o t e d above, and w o u l d a l s o

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t e n d t o i n d i c a t e a r e l a t i v e l y high s t a n d a r d o f l i v i n g i n t h e Borough. I n l i g h t o f r e c e n t i n f l a t i o n , i t i s l i k e l y t o e x p e c t t h a t t h e 1980 c e n s u s w i l l i n d i c a t e a n u p w a r d s h i f t i n t h e p e r - c e n t a g e o f f a m i l i e s e a r n i n g h i g h incomes. However, t h e buying power of t hose h i g h e r incomes w i l l be e roded by i n f l a t i o n .

Res ident I n d u s t r i e s - Table 15 i n d i c a t e s t h e i n d u s t r i e s which were l o c a t e d w i t h i n t h e B o r o u g h i n 1959 and 1970 and t h e number o f employees f o r these i n d u s t r i e s . A s i n d i c a t e d , t h e number o f employees employed by r e s i d e n t i n d u s t r i e s i n c r e a s e d by a l m o s t 70% from 1959 t o 1970. However, t he 39 employees i n 1970 rep- r e s e n t e d on ly 6 .3% o f a l l employed r e s i d e n t s o f t h e B o r o u g h . A l t h o u g h Table 15 o n l y shows i n d u s t r i a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , i t i s a p p a r e n t t h a t a s i g n i f i c a n t p o r t i o n o f t he l a b o r f o r c e works o u t s i d e t h e B o r o u g h .

C o n c l u s i o n - The m a j o r i t y o f t h e Borough l a b o r f o r c e i s engaged i n s k i l l e d o c c u p a t i o n s ( p r o f e s s i o n a l , m a n a g e r i a l , c r a f t s m e n , e t c . ) o f a non-manufac tur ing n a t u r e . Family income i s r e l a t i v e l y h i g h a n d r e f l e c t s t h e s k i l l e d work f o r c e . a r e few i n . n u m b e r a n d employ a small p o r t i o n o f t h e work f o r c e .

R e s i d e n t i n d u s t r i e s

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POPULATION O F MILFORD BOROUGH AND SURROUNDING TONNSHIPS

1 9 4 0 - 1970

YEARS Municipality n-

Mi 1 ford Borough 9 01 1 , 1 1 1 1 , 1 9 8 1 ,190

Milford Township 131 233 386 4 1 8

Delaware Township 41 2 511 5 4 9 6 7 1

Dingman Township 367 36 1 3 8 2 518

Source: U . S. Census Bureau

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POPULATION CHANGE C O M P A R I S O N

1940 - 1970 !

P i k e C o u n t y M i 1 f o r d Delwir e D i ngman M i 1 f o r d

Years Ch ange % Ch ange 9 9 9 9 7 r io;;;!iep :o;;;hniep :o;,n;;iep io;;r-;he

. 1940-50 9 7 3 13 .1 77 .9 2 4 . 0 - 1 . 6 2 3 . 3

1950-60 733 8 . 7 6 5 . 7 7 . 4 5 . 8 7 . 8

1960-70 . 2 , 6 6 0 29 .0 8 . 3 2 2 . 2 3 5 . 6 - 0 . 7

Source: U. S . Census B u r e a u

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S E L E C T E D P O P U L A T I O N C H A R A C T E R I S T I C S , 1970

M I L F O R D A N D S U R R O U N D I N G A R E A S , P A .

Pike Milford Mi 1 ford Delaware Dingman Character is t ics Co. Borough Twsp. Twsp. Twsp.

5 1 8 Total Population 1 1 , 8 1 8 1 , 1 9 0 41 8 6 71

Age (% o f Total )

-Persons 0-1 7 18-64 65 & Over

Median Age (Yrs . )

Sex

- Z Male -

- X Female

Race - - X White

- X Non-tlhite

Persons Per Househo 1 d

3 0 . 2 5 3 . 0 1 6 . 8

3 7 . 8

-

4 8 . 5

5 1 . 5

9 9 . 5

0 . 5

2 .84

2 8 . 6 4 9 . 5 2 1 . 9

39 .7

-

42 .9

57 .1

9 8 . 8

1 . 2

2 . 5 9

28.0 55 .7 1 6 . 3

40 .O

-

49.. 0

51 .O

9 9 . 3

0 .7

2 .86

2 9 . 8 5 4 . 3 15 .9

3 9 . 9

-

4 6 . 8

5 3 . 2

9 9 . 7 .

0 . 3

2 . 8 1

32.6 5 1 . 2 1 6 . 2

35.4

-

5 1 .O

49 .0

100.0

0.0

3 .07

Source: U. S . Census Bureau, 1970

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T A B L E 4

A V E R A G E P O P U L A T I O N P E R H O U S E H O L D

1 9 6 0 A N D 1970

Area 1960 1 9 7 0

U. S . A .

Pennsyl vani a

Pike County

Milford Township

Delaware Township

Di ngman Townshi p

M i 1 ford Borough

3 . 2 9

3 . 3 0

2 . 8 9

3 .09

2 . 7 3

2 .77

2 .76

3 . 1 1

3 . 1 0

2.84

2.86

2 . 8 1

3 . 0 7

2 . 5 9

Source: U . S . Census Bureau, 1 9 6 0 and 1 9 7 0 .

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C O M P A R I S O N - M E D I A N SCHOOL YEARS C O M P L E T E D

1970

3 ( P e r s o n s 25 Years O l d and Over)

I

'1 Areas Number O f Years

P e n n s y l v a n i a 1 2 . 0

Pike County 1 2 . 1

Mi 1 f o r d Township 1 2 . 4

Delaware Towns h i p 1 2 . 1

Dingman Township 1 2 . 3

Mi 1 ford Borough 1 2 . 3

S o u r c e : U. S . Census Bureau, 1 9 7 0 .

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T A B L E 6

NET MIGRATION

B O R O U G H OF MILFORD, P A .

1960 - 1970

1960 P o p u l a t i o n : 1 , 1 9 8

Bi r ths 1960-1970: 286

Deaths 1960-1970 : 329 ( a )

Net C h a n g e : -43

A c t u a l 1970 P o p u l a t i o n : 1 ,190

P o t e n t i a1 1970 P o p u l a t i o n : 1 ,155

Ne t I n - M i g r a t i o n : 35

( a ) Data f o r 1960 n o t a v a i l a b l e , However, a n a v e r a g e y e a r l y f i g u r e f o r the p e r i o d 1961-1970 was c a l c u l a t e d and i s i n c l u d e d f o r t h e y e a r 1950.

Source : U. S . Census Bureau, 1960 a n d 1970; P a . Depar tment o f H e a l t h , D i v i s i o n o f H e a l t h S t a t i s t i c s , 1977.

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T A B L E 7

SELECTED HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS, 1 9 7 0

MILFORD A N D SURROUNDING AREAS, PA.

N O . O F U N I T S Pike M i l f o r d M i l f o r d Delaware D i ngman

C h a r a c t e r d s t i cs County Borough Twsp. Twsp. T w s p .

A l l Year Round Housing Units 5 , 4 8 7 . 515 191 275 104

S e a s o n a l and M i g r a t o r y Units 4 ,652 8 1 4 89 2 572

T o t a l Housing Units 10 ,139 523 205 1 , 1 6 7 676

Vacanc ie s (Year Round D n i t s 1

- 4 18 - - For S a l e 78

- - - - For Rent 9 3 4

- Other ( C o m m i t t e d ) 1 ,186 36 4 26 13

- T o t a l Vacanc ie s . 1 ,357 40 8 44 13

T o t a l Vacancy Rate 24.7% 7.8% 4 .2% 16.0% 12 .5%

Occupied Housing Units 4 ,130 4 7 5 1 8 3 231 91

% Owner Occupied 81.5% 61 -9% 85.2% 80.5% N/A

% R e n t e r Occupied 18.5% 38.1% 14.8% 19.5% N / A

Mean Hous ing Value ( a ) $20,171 $25,099 $21,216 $27,568 $20 ,773

Mean Gross Rent ( b ) $ 109 $ 105 N / A N/A N/A

Median No. o f Rooms 5 . 4 5 .8 5 .8 5 .0 5 . 3

% o f Households t l i t h More Than 1 Person Per Room 3.0 0.6 2.2 0.0 0.0

P e r s o n s P e r Household 2.84 2.59 2.86 2.81 3.07 =

( a ) S p e c i f i e d owner o c c u p i e d . ( b ) S p e c i f i e d r e n t e r o c c u p i e d . S o u r c e : U . S. Census Bureau , 1 9 7 0 , Four th Count Summary Tape.

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S T R U C T U R A L CHARACTERISTICS A N D A G E OF H O U S I N G , 1970

M I L F O R D A N D S U R R O U N D I N G A R E A S , P A .

N 0. 0 . F U N I T S Pike Mi l ford M i l f o r d D e l a w a r e Dingman C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s Coun ty Borough Twsp . Twsp. Twsp.

UNITS IN STRUCTURE

4 , 9 3 5 406 1 8 3 259 100

6 7 40 0 5 4

236 0 ..a 11 0

0

1

2 - 4 249

5 o r more

Mobi l e Home

6 9 0 0

Y E A R STRUCTURE B U I L T 1969 t o March 1 9 7 0 293 12 . 1.6

1965 t o 1968 5 4 0

10 10

0 16 1 3 11

22 1 2 4 8 0 1960 t o 1964 5 7 4

'1950 t o 1959

1940 ' t o 1949

1939 e a r l i e r

1 , A 1 1 Year -Round H o u s i n g U n i t s

1 , 0 9 1 30 54 64 18

24 17 25 1 3

2 , 4 0 7 427 76 115 5 2 574

5 , 4 8 7 51 5 191 2 7 5 104

S o u r c e : U . S . C e n s u s Bureau, . . 1 9 7 0 , F o u r t h C o u n t y Summary T a p e . i

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T A B L E 9

P L U M B I N G CHARACTERISTICS OF HOUSING, 1970

MILFORD A N D SURROUNDING A R E A S , P A .

- P E R C E N T OF Y E A R - R O U N D UNITS

P i k e M i 1 f o r d M i 1 f o r d Del aware D i ngman C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s County Borough T w s p . Twsp. Twsp .

S O U R C E OF W A T E R

P u b l i c System Or P r i v a t e Company 43.5 98.0 44 .9 . 33.1 1 8 . 3

I n d i v i dual We1 1 51.4 2.0 45 .,4 59.8 81 .7

Othe r 5.1 0 9.7 7.1 -

S E H A G E DISPOSAL

P u b l i c Sewer 2.4 10.7 - 2.5 4 . 2

S e p t i c Tank or Cesspool 94.9 89 .3 94.6 95.0 95 .8

Other 2.7 -.

0 5 . 4 2;5 - P L U M B I N G FACILITIES

W i t h A l l P l u m b i n g F a c i l i t i e s 94.4 99 .o 95.8 97.1 100 .0

L a c k i n g Some Or A l l P l u m b i n g F a c i l i t i e s 5.6 1 .o 4.2 2.9 I

A1 1 Year-Round H o u s i n g Units 5,487 515 191 275 104

Source : U . S . Census Bureau , 1970, Four th Count Summary Tape.

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FINANCIAL C H A R A C T E R I S T I C S OF HOUSING, 1970

MILFORD AND SURROUNDING AREAS, PA.

N O . O F U N I T S P i k e M i 1 f o r d M i 1 f o r d De l aware D i ngman

C h a r a c t e r j s t i c s Coun ty Borough Twsp. Twsp. Twsp.

VALUE ( 9 )

SPECIFIED OWNER O C C U P I E D

Less t h a n 7,500

7,500 - 9,999 187 5

157 10

8 0 0

5 0 0

10,000 - 14,999 670 44 39 10 l 2 I 15,000 - 17,499 339 27 6 14 14 I 17,500 L 24,999 678 79 . . 41 49 12 I 25,000 and Over 603 100 32 55 17 ~

I T o t a l U n i t s Wi th V a l u e

Mean M a r k e t Va lue 20,171 25,099 21,216 27,568 20,773

Ta b u l a t e d 2,634 265 131 128 55

GROSS RENT ( $ )

SPECIFIED RENTER O C C U P I E D

Less t h a n 50 1 1 0 - - - I 50 - 79 99 28 - - - I 80 - 99 149 65 - - -~ 100 - 119 76 13 - - - I

- - - 1 120 - 149 83 13

- 150 and o v e r 105 36 - - Total U n i t s Wi th R e n t T a b u l a t e d - 523’ 155 - -

- 109 105 - - Mean R e n t P a i d S o u r c e : U . S. Census Bureau, 19/0 , F o u r t h Coun t Summary T a p e .

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TABLE 11

EMPLOYMENT CATEGORY, 1970

MILFORD BOROUGH, PA.

O c c u p a t i o n I Number P e r c e n t a g e

I

S t u d e n t 77 12.3

P r o f e s s i o n a l and Manager 163 25.9 ,

S a l e s and C l e r i c a l

S e r v i c e s

132

71

21 .o 11.3

C r a f t s m e n and O p e r a t i v e s 149 23.7

L a b o r e r s

Farmers and Farm L a b o r e r s

I 4 I 0

0.6

0 .0

P r i v a t e Househo ld Workers 4 0.6

O t h e r s & O c c u p a t i o n N o t R e p o r t e d 1 6 2.5

Unemployed 1 3 2.1

629 100,o TOTALS : I

Source : U. S, Census Bureau, 1970 ( f i g u r e s r e p r e s e n t p e r s o n s 1 4 and o v e r ) .

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EMPLOYMENT B Y INDUSTRIAL SECTOR (PERCENT) - 1 9 7 0

S e c t o r P e n n s y l v a n i a P i k e C o u n t y M i 1 f o r d Borough

M a n u f a c t u r i n g 3 4 . 1 . 1 9 . 8 1 3 . 6

N o n - M a n u f a c t u r i ng 6 3 . 0 6 2 . 3 7 0 . 1

S e l f - E m p l o y e d 1 . 2 1 5 . 1 1 6 . 3

F a r m ( a ) 1 . 7 2 . 8 0 . 0

S o u r c e : U. S . Census o f P o p u l a t i o n , 1 9 7 0 .

N o t e s :

( a ) I n c l u d e s f o r e s t r y .

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EMPLOYMENT STATUS B Y AGE AND SEX - 1 9 7 0

P i k e County M i 1 f o r d Borough C a t e a o r v Rale Female M a l e F e m a l e

~~

1 4 y e a r s and o v e r ( % )

L a b o r F o r c e Cornposi t i o n ( % )

Unernpl o y e d ( % )

4 7 . 9 5 2 . 1 4 3 . 6 5 6 . 4

6 5 . 3 3 4 . 7 64 .0 3 6 . 0

3 . 4 1 . 1 1 . 3 1 . 1 I

S o u r c e : U. S . Census B u r e a u , 1 9 7 0 .

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T A B L E 1 4

C O M P A R I S O N OF F A M I L Y I N C O M E

1 9 6 9

TOWNSHIPS Mi 1 ford Family Income ( 8 ) R i 1 ford Del aware D i ngman Borough

Mean Income ( 8 ) 7 , 9 9 0 1 1 , 033 9 , 1 2 8 1 1 , 8 6 8

Under $ 2 , 9 9 9 6 . 6 4 . 9 7 . 6 6 . 3

3,000 - 4 , 9 9 9 1 9 . 9 2 2 . 4 2 0 . 3 6 . 3

5 ,000 - 6 , 9 9 9 1 0 . 2 1 5 . 8 0 .0 9 . 5

7,000 - 9 , 9 9 9 50 .O 1 2 . 6 51.8 22 .8

10,000 - 1 4 , 9 9 9 0 .0 2 3 . 5 5 . 1 3 4 . 2

15,000 a n d over 1 3 . 3 2 0 . 8 1 5 - 2 2 0 . 9

TOTALS : 1 0 0 . 0 100.0 100.0 100,0

Source: U . S . Census Bureau, 1 9 7 0 .

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RESIDENT INDUSTRIES

B O R O U G H OF MILFORD, P A .

1 9 5 9 and 1 9 7 0

Number Employees Name 1 9 5 9 1 9 7 0

Malhame V e s t m e n t ( a ) 1 6 23

P i k e C o u n t y D i s p a t c h 3 6

O f f y P r o d u c t s , I n c . 4 - S t e p h e n E s t o k ( m a c h i n e r y ) - 3

S p a r k - 0 - M a t i c - 7

TOTALS : 2 3 3 9

( a ) L i s t e d a's' Abbey B r a n d , I n c . i n 1 9 7 0 .

S o u r c e : P a . I n d u s t r i a l D i r e c t o r y , 1 9 5 9 , 1 9 7 0 .

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A P P E N D I X

C 0 MM U N I T Y I M P RO V E ME N T Q U E S T I 0 FI N A I R E A N A L Y S I S

BOROUGH OF MILFORD, P A .

INTRODUCTION - The Communi ty I m p r o v e m e n t Q u e s t i o n n a i r e was d i s t r i b u t e d t o a t o t a l o f 460 h o u s e h o l d s d u r i n g t h e summer o f 1978 . A t o t a l o f 93 q u e s t i o n n a i r e s were r e t u r n e d f o r a r e s p o n s e r a t e o f 20.2%. T h i s i s a r e a s o n a b l y h i g h r e s p o n s e and p r o v i d e s a good s a m p l i n g o f a t t i t u d e s i n t h e Borough . F o l l o w i n g i s a b r i e f a n a l y s i s o f t h e t a b u l a t i o n o f t h e q u e s t i o n n a i r e .

A. HOME S E R V I C E S

A m a j o r i t y o f t h o s e r e s p o n d i n g ( r a n g i n g f r o m 66% t o 8 9 % ) f e l t t h a t w a t e r s u p p l y q u a n t i t y and q u a l i t y , o n - l o t sewage d i s p o s a l sys tems , w a t e r s o u r c e s f o r f i r e e n g i n e s , r a i n w a t e r r u n - o f f c o n t r o l and t r a s h c o l l e c t i o n were a d e q u a t e . The l a r g e s t p e r c e n t a g e o f r e s p o n s e s j n d i c a t i n g i n a d e q u a t e s e r - v i c e s w e r e w a t e r q u a l i t y ( 2 9 % ) and r a i n w a t e r r u n - o f f con - t r o l (23%).

8. NEIGHBORHOOD AHD C O M M U N I T Y S E R V I C E S

A m a j o r i t y o f t h o s e r e s p o n d i n g f e l t t h a t p o l i c e p r o t e c t i o n , s a f e t y a t s c h o o l bus s t o p s , f i r e p r o t e c t i o n , open b u r n i n g r e g u l a t i o n s , r e c r e a t i o n a l use o f s c h o o l s a n d snow r e m o v a l w e r e a d e q u a t e . However , 52% f e l t a n i m a l p e t c o n t r o l was i n - a d e q u a t e and a s i g n i f i c a n t o r t i o n o f t h o s e r e s p o n d i n g f e l t t h a t p o l i c e p r o t e c t i o n ( 2 7 % P , open b u r n i n g r e g u l a t i o n s ( 2 7 X ) , r e c r e a t i o n a l u s e o f s c h o o l s ( 1 9 % ) and snow r e m o v a l ( 2 0 % ) were i nadequa t e .

C . T R A N S P O R T A T I O N

A m a j o r i t y ( 6 1 2 ) o f t h e r e s p o n d e n t s f e l t t h a t Bo rough r o a d con- d i t i o n s w e r e a d e q u a t e , b u t o n l y 41% f e l t Bo rough a l l e y s were a d e q u a t e and 55% f e l t S t a t e r o a d s were a d e q u a t e . A m a j o r i t y ( r a n g i n g f r o m 5 9 1 t o 71%) f e l t t h a t s t r e e t w i d t h and s a f e t y , t r a f f i c c o n t r o l s , speed l i m i t s , p a r k i n g a n d s i d e w a l k s were a d e q u a t e , b u t a s i g n i f i c a n t p o r t i o n o f t h e r e s p o n d e n t s a l s o i n d i c a t e d t h a t t h e s e i t e m s were i n a d e q u a t e ( r a n g i n g f r o m 16% t o 2 8 % ) .

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D. P O S I T I V E POSSIBILITIES

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I n r e g a r d t o Borough r e c r e a t i o n f a c i l i t i e s , o n l y 413% f e l t t h e y c o u l d be improved , b u t 30% o f t h e r e s p o n d e n t s d i d n o t answer t h i s q u e s t i o n s . 395 f e l t r e c r e a t i o n programs c o u l d be i m p r o v e d and i n d i c a t e d t h a t more programs f o r c h i l d r e n ( a l l age g r o u p s ) , b e t t e r m a i n t e n a n c e o f f a c i l i t i e s , p r o v i s i o n o f more t e n n i s c o u r t s and a p o o l and s u p e r v i s e d a c t i v i t i e s w o u l d be m a j o r ways t o improve r e c r e a t i o n programs.

Respondents i n d i c a t e d t h a t shade t r e e s , l a n d s c a p i n g and b e a u t i - f i c a t i o n c o u l d be expanded by p l a n t i n g more t r e e s , p l a n t i n g a v a r i e t y o f t r e e s , c o n d u c t i n g b e t t e r ma in tenance o f e x i s t i n g p u b l i c a r e a s and by c o n t i n u i n g t h e work t h a t has been done by l o c a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s such as t h e Garden C l u b . A l a r g e m a j o r i t y ( 8 4 % ) f e l t t h a t a r c h i t e c t u r a l l y s i g n i f i c a n t b u i l d i n g s s h o u l d be p r e s e r v e d i n o r d e r t o r e t a i n t h e c h a r a c t e r o f t h e Borough.

A l a r g e m a j o r i t y (87%) a l s o f e l t t h a t t h r o u g h t r u c k t r a f f i c s h o u l d be removed from t h e Borough. The r e a s o n s most o f t e n c i t e d were danger , n o i s e , v i b r a t i o n , p o l l u t i o n , t r a f f i c conges - t i o n a n d a g e n e r a l d e g r a d i n g o f t h e communi ty .

E C O t i O M I C - S O C I A L O U E S T I ONS

A m a j o r i t y o f t h e r e s p o n d e n t s ( 5 7 % ) f e l t t h a t t h e Borough s h o u l d n o t a t t e m p t t o expand i t s t a x r a t a b l e s by e n l a r g i n g a r e a s f o r commerc ia l l a n d use. A l s o , o n l y 55% o f t h e r e s - p o n d e n t s were i n f a v o r o f p e r m i t t i n g l a r g e homes t o be con- v e r t e d i n t o a p a r t m e n t s , w h i l e 36% were opposed t o s u c h a c t i o n .

QUESTIONS O F P R I O R I T Y

M a j o r p r i o r i t i e s i n c l u d e d remova l o f t r u c k s , b e t t e r p o l i c e p r o t e c t i o n , i m p r o v e d r a i n w a t e r r u n - o f f c o n t r o l and more s t o p s i g n s a t i n t e r s e c t i o n s .

I t i s s i g n i f i c a n t t o n o t e t h a t a m a j o r i t y ( 5 5 % ) i n d i c a t e d t h e y w o u l d be w i l l i n g t o pay h i g h e r t a x e s i n o r d e r t o a c h i e v e t h e p r i o r i t y i t e m s t h e y l i s t e d , w h i l e 26% i n d i c a t e d t h e y w o u l d n o t be w i l l i n g t o pay h i g h e r t a x e s and 19% had no o p i n i o n or d i d n o t r e s p o n d t o t h i s i t e m .

A D D I T I O N A L I N FOR MA T I 0F.l

O n l y 16% o f t h e r e s p o n d e n t s i n d i c a t e d t h e y needed more i n f o r m a - t i o n a b o u t t h e i t e m s i n t h e q u e s t i o n n a i r e . The i n f o r m a t i o n d e s i r e d i n c l u d e d an i d e a o f t h e c o s t o f i m p r o v i n g v a r i o u s i t e m s , more i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t r e c r e a t i o n a r e a s and a d e s i r e t o see t h e r e s u l t s o f t h e q u e s t i o n n a i r e s u r v e y .

HOUSEHOLD DATA

1 . A e - 9% o f t h o s e r e s p o n d i n g were 30 o r under , 30% were &ween t h e ages o f 31 and 5 5 and 61% were 56 y e a r s o f age o r o l d e r . The median age o f r e s p o n d e n t s w a s c a l c u l a t e d t o b e 5 8 . 8 y e a r s .

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M a r i t a l S t a t u s - 78% o f t h o s e r e s p o n d i n g were m a r r i e d , T3% w e r e u n m a r r i e d a n d 9 % w e r e w i d o w e r s .

H o u s e h o l d S i z e - The a v e r a g e h o u s e h o l d s i z e o f r e s p o n d e n t s was 2.5 p e r s o n s w i t h a m a j o r i t y ( 6 2 % ) b e i n g 2 and 3 p e r - s o n h o u s e h o l d s . Only 21 o f t h e h o u s e h o l d s r e s p o n d i n g h a d c h i l d r e n u n d e r 6 y e a r s o f age .

L e n g t h o f R e s i d e n c e - A m a j o r i t y o f r e s p o n d e n t s ( 6 5 % ) h a d 1 i v e d i n t h e B o r o u q h f o r 20 y e a r s o r l e s s , a n d t h e m e d i a n l e n g t h o f r e s i d e n c e was 10.8 y e a r s .

Hometown A r e a - O n l y 28% o f t h e r e s p o n d e n t s w e r e o r i g i n a l l y ?rom t h e P i k e C o u n t y a r e a .

Employment - The l a r g e s t g r o u p o f r e s p o n d e n t s ( 4 7 % ) were r e t i r e d , and o t h e r m a j o r emp loymen t c a t e g o r i e s l i s t e d w e r e h o u s e w i f e , s e l f - e m p l o y e d , t e a c h e r , s a l e s p e r s o n s a n d s e c r e t a r i e s .

P l a c e o f Employment - The m a j o r p l a c e o f emp loymen t was n i l f o r d Borouqh ( 6 3 % ) a n d o t h e r m a j o r p l a c e s w e r e P o r t J e r v i s , N. Y. -and New Y o r k C i t y ( 1 3 % e a c h ) .

Home O w n e r s h i p - 80% o f t h o s e r e s p o n d i n g owned t h e i r own homes.

R e n t e r s - Only 5 % o f t h o s e r e s p o n d i n g r e n t t h e i r homes.

R e s i d e n c e I n P r e s e n t Home - 93% o f t h o s e r e s p o n d i n g have l i v e d i n t h e i r p r e s e n t hone f o r 30 y e a r s o r l e s s a n d 64% h a v e l i v e d i n t h e i r p r e s e n t home b e t w e e n 2 and 20 y e a r s . The m e d i a n l e n g t h o f r e s i d e n c e i n t h e i r p r e s e n t home was 8.1 y e a r s .

A c o p y o f t h e q u e s t i o n n a i r e i l l u s t r a t i n g t h e p e r c e n t a g e r e s - ponses t o e a c h q u e s t i o n i s a t t a c h e d . A l s o i n d i c a t e d a r e t h e m a j o r p r i o r i t y i t e m s and t h e comments g i v e n m o s t o f t e n f o r some o f t h e q u e s t i o n s .

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THE M I L F O R D B O R O U G H P L A N N I N G COMMISSION

ASKS Y O U TO

"GIVE US Y O U R IDEAS F O R COI\1MUNITY IMPROVEMENT"

O u r Borough P l a n n i n g Commission has t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t o s t u d y problems n n d needs o f M i l f o r d B o r o u g h - changes t a k i n g . p l a c e and t o recommend t o t h e Borough Counci l a c t i o n which s h o u l d be t a k e n t o p r o p e r l y g u i d e t h e do rough . I n o r d e r t o c a r r y o u t o u r m i s s i o n , we need your he lp !

t h e column w h i c h comes o p i n i on :

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G -- A. Home S e r v i c e s

1 , W a t e r s u p p l y ( q u a n t i t y , p r e s s u r e ) $7 2. Water q u a l i t y ( t a s t e ,

c o l o r , s m e l l , h a r d n e s s ) 6L 3. Nearby w a t e r source f o r

f i r e e n g i n e s ( f i r e h y d r a n t s - s t r e a m s 8 2 4 . F u n c t i o n i n g o f o n - l o t .

s e w a g e s y s t e m s 69 5 , Rain water r u n - o f f c o n t r o l 67 6 . . G a r b a g e - t r a s h c o l l e c t i o n s e r v i c e 0s

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J, N e i g h b o r h o o d And Community

( P l e a s e c o m p l e t e b o t h s i d e s of t h i s f o r m a s soon a s p o s s i b l e a n d r e t u r n i t i n t h e e n c l o s e d pre-s tamped enve lope .

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, , . , 0 . P o s i t i v e P o s s i b i l i t i e s

30%?0 22% No. 1110.

Uesp. 1 . C o u l d Borough r e c r e a t i o n f a c i l i t i e s be improved? 494 Yes - How?

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b p . 30% NO. ,v0 2 . Could Borough r e c r e a t i o n programs be p r o v i d e d ? 39% Yes

3 . How c o u l d s h a d e t r e e s , l a n d s c a p i n g and b e a u t i f i c a t i o n b e expanded i n

4 , Should h i s t o r i c a l l y and a r c h i t e c t u r a l l y s i g n i f i c a n t b u i l d i n g s be

5. Should t h r o u g h t ruck t r a f f i c be removed from M i l f o r d ? 87% Yes

What do you s u g g e s t , f o r whom?/..l,wpmbq )r\s k ~ ) , ; l d ye) \ , beU.cw ~ ~ ; r k + t ~ w - , pr0;~- mK + m i s b t r + s at,^ a / o ~ , 5Vpet.irk ic+;~,:;s.

M i l f o r d ? G a b va k*!L& d c -eF. - l h C H 2 P C d b ) d h ' & h q : be%- h J J M k h % W ; c a h + ; R P C C l V 4c . .

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p r e s e r v e d i n M i l f o r d ? 84% Yes C q o N O . 1 0 .lo NO R e ~ p . 6. f't~ do hrp. 7% No.

Why? DahqCv, n;lte. Lqbn.)+;m.&f;a * / A c q -r)v -m.dep,J,.-af A Wi.1i-L.

E . Economic-Social Q u e s t i o n s

1 , Should M i l f o r d a t t e m p t t o expand i t s ' t ax r a t a b l e s by e n l a r g i n g a r e a s

2 . Should M i l f o r d permit l a r g e homes t o be c o n v e r t e d t o a p a r t m e n t s ?

f o r commercial l a n d u se? 31% Yes 57% No 12% AJO LOP.

? a y e s 3bV0 N o * ?%Njo R a p .

F . Q u e s t i o n s O f P r i o r i t y

1 . S e l e c t 3 items p r e v i o u s l y checked a s i n a d e q u a t e o r t h a t you f e e l re - . q u i r e immediate a t t e n t i o n . Rank them i n o r d e r from most i m p o r t a n t

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be done a b o u t each o f t h e s e ?

3. I f t h e t h i n g s you l i s t e d r e q u i r e h i g h e r t a x a t i o n , w o u l d you be w i l l - i n g t o pay f o r i t ? 55% Yes ado No. j4q''& & ~ p .

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1 Your age 5 8 , ~ yrr./w*drah) ' 2 . Marr ied 7ga;/6 Unmarried 136 w ; L $ k 7-*b I

3. Number i n y o u r househo ld 4 . How l o n g h a v e you l i v e d 5 . Are you o r i g i n a l l y from 6 . Your t y p e o f employment 7 . Where a r e you employed: Name t h e ' T w s p . , Boro 0-r Ci ty f l ;&~-63% , 8 . Do you own ( o r pay ing mortgage on ) your home &k#flYes 9 . Do you r e n t y o u r home 5% Yes jr% No -NOq,,o&t,+

10 . How long have you l i v e d i n y o u r p r e s e n t home R , / y ~ . / M e d , & ) . -' P l e a s e r e t u r n t h i s form t o Borough H a l l , P . 0 . Box 9 , M i l f o r d , Pa. 18337

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TIPS TO S A V E E N E R G Y AT HOME

INSULATION

The r i g h t amount o f i n s u l a t i o n can reduce y o u r h e a t i n g and c o o l i n g c o s t s u p t o 30 p e r c e n t a n n u a l l y . I n s u l a t i o n e f f e c t i v e n e s s i s r a t e d i n R numbers. T h e h i g h e r t h e R number, the g r e a t e r t h e i n - s u l a t i n g v a l u e .

- You s h o u l d have a m i n i m u m o f 6 i n c h e s ( o r an R19) o f ' a t t i c f l o o r i nsul a t i o n .

- Wall i n s u l a t i o n s h o u l d be a m i n i m u m o f 3% i n c h e s ( o r an R11).

- For the c e i l i n g o v e r an unhea ted basement o r f o r t h e crawl s p a c e you s h o u l d have a t l e a s t two i n c h e s ( o r an R7).

- I f you have d u c t s , t h e y s h o u l d have 2 inches o f i n s u l a t i o n .

WINDOWS

- Storm wfndows can reduce y o u r h e a t i n g c o s t s by a b o u t 15 p e r c e n t . I f you c a n n o t a f f o r d t o p u t i n s t o r m w i n d o w s now, o r i f you r e n t , s a v i n g s can s t i l l be g a i n e d by p u t t i n g u p 6-mil t h i c k p o l y e t h e l y n e p l a s t i c on the i n s i d e o f t he window frame.

- You s h o u l d have s to rm w i n d o w s or doub le o r t r i p l e g l a z e d windows f o r maximum c o n s e r v a t i o n .

AIR INFILTRATION

. - Large amounts of h e a t can be l o s t t h rough c r a c k s around window and door f r a m e s . By c a u l k i n g and w e a t h e r s t r i p p i n g p r o p e r l y , you c o u l d reduce y o u r h e a t i n g c o s t s by a b o u t 10 pe rcen t .

- W e a t h e r s t r i p a l l windows and door s t h a t r a t t l e i n t h e i r f rames

- C a u l k a l l c r a c k s a n d o p e n i n g s a round the house f o u n d a t i o n and

o r l e a v e gaps t o t he o u t s i d e .

a l l door and window f r a m e s .

P R O T E C T Y O U R HOME

By c l e v e r l a n d s c a p i n g , you can p r o t e c t y o u r home from t h e elements and make i t more c o m f o r t a b l e both w i n t e r a n d summer.

- I n s t a l l window awnings t h a t wi l l l e t i n w i n t e r sum and keep o u r summer sun.

- P l a n t dec iduous t r e e s and bushes on s o u t h a n d west s i d e s o f y o u r home t o p r o v i d e shade i n summer.

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HEATING AND COOLING

By k e e p i n g y o u r f u r n a c e c l e a n and w e l l - m a i n t a i n e d , y o u c a n save a b o u t 5 p e r c e n t e a c h h e a t i n g season.

a s a b r e a k a g a i n s t w i n t e r w i n d s .

- Have y o u r f u r n a c e s e r v i c e d once a y e a r and a d j u s t e d t o r u n a t

- C l e a n o r r e p l a c e f i l t e r s o n f o r c e d a i r h e a t i n g sys tems r e g u l a r l y .

- C o n s i d e r i n s t a l l i n g h e a t r e c o v e r y e q u i p m e n t i n y o u r f u r n a c e f l u e .

maximum e f f i c i e n c y - p r e f e r a b l y i n t h e f a l l .

T E I4 P E R A T U RE C 0 NT RO L

P r o p e r t e m p e r a t u r e c o n t r o l can r e d u c e y o u r h e a t i n g c o s t s b y as much as 15 p e r c e n t .

- S e t h e a t i n g t h e r m o s t a t s t o 65 deg rees F a h r e n h e i t (18C) o r l o w e r

- Reduce n i g h t t i m e s e t t i n g s 5 t o 8 deg rees F a h r e n h e i t f o r a t

d u r i n g t h e d a y t i m e i n w i n t e r .

l e a s t s i x h o u r s .

HOT WATER

H e a t i n g w a t e r f o r d o m e s t i c uses a c c o u n t s f o r a b o u t 15 p e r c e n t o f y o u r t o t a l a n n u a l h e a t i n g b i l l .

- S e t h o t w a t e r h e a t a t 140 degrees F a h r e n h e i t i f y o u have a d i s h - washer .

- I f y o u d o n ' t have a d i s h w a s h e r , s e t h o t w a t e r h e a t a t 120

- Reduce w a t e r use b y i n s t a l l i n g a f l o w - r e s t r i c t o r i n shower heads.

deg rees .

- R e p a i r a l l l e a k y f a u c e t s .

- I n s u l a t e a l l a c c e s s i b l e h o t w a t e r p i p e s t o p r e v e n t h e a t l o s s .

- D r a i n a g a l l o n o f w a t e r f r o m y o u r h o t w a t e r h e a t e r a t l e a s t e v e r y t h r e e months t o remove s e d i m e n t a t t h e b o t t o m o f t h e t a n k .

- Do n o t l e a v e h o t w a t e r r u n n i n g when s h a v i n g .

LIGHTING

The amount o f l i g h t y o u r e c e i v e f r o m a b u l b i s measured i n lumens, w h i l e w a t t s i s a measure o f how much e l e c t r i c i t y t h e b u l b i s con- suming. T h e r e f o r e , t h e more e f f i c i e n t l i g h t b u l b s w i l l g i v e y o u more lumens p e r w a t t .

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- T u r n o f f unnecessa ry l i g h t s i n d o o r s and o u t .

- I n s t a l l s o l i d s t a t e d immer s w i t c h e s t o a l l o w more e f f i c i e n t use o f 1 i g h t s .

0 Use f l u o r e s c e n t l i g h t s were s u i t a b l e . They can p r o v i d e t h e same amount o f l i g h t u s i n g o n l y abou t a t h i r d o f t h e e l e c t r i c i t y a s r e g u l a r b u l b s .

- Use one l a r g e b u l b r a t h e r t h a n s e v e r a l s m a l l e r ones t o p r o v i d e more l i g h t w i t h l e s s e l e c t r i c i t y .

LAUNDRY

- Use warm w a t e r t o wash and r i n s e i n c o l d .

- Do a s few l o a d s a s p o s s i b l e and f i l l t h e washer b u t d o n o t o v e r l o a d .

- When d r y i n g c l o t h e s , s e p a r a t e them i n t o l i g h t a n d heavyweight

- Keep t h e l i n t s c r e e n c l e a n by removing d u s t a f t e r each l o a d .

- Check t h e o u t s i e d r y e r e x h a u s t - a c logged e x h a u s t can l e n g t h e n

A P P L I A N C E S

Use h u g e e l e c t r i c i t y consuming a p p l i a n c e s d u r i n g peak hour s o f 10 a . m. - 10 p . m . T h i s c an s a v e you money because u t i l i t i e s b u i l d power p l a n t s t o meet t h e peak l o a d demand.

a r t i c l e s - l i g h t e r ones t a k e l e s s d r y i n g t ime . -7

\ d r y i n g time.

- When p u r c h a s i n g a new a p p l i a n c e , c o n s i d e r n o t o n l y the i n i t i a l p r i c e b u t h o w much i t w i l l c o s t you t o o p e r a t e .

- When b u y i n g a new gas r a n g e , g e t one w i t h an e l e c t r i c i g n i t i o n system t o r e p l a c e p i l o t l i g h t s .

MORE S A V I N G S

- Keep f u r n i t u r e and d r a p e r i e s away from r a d i a t o r s and v e n t s - t hey can block h e a t r a d i a t i o n .

- C o n s i d e r t h e a d v a n t a g e s o f a c l o c k t h e r m o s t a t which w i l l a u t o - m a t i c a l l y t u r n t h e h e a t down a t n i g h t and t u r n i t u p i n t h e morning.

- Close o f f unused rooms and t u r n down t h e i r t h e r m o s t a t s .

- Keep f i r e p l a c e damper c l o s e d when n o t i n use .

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