Somerton Civic Association

09/10/2026

Tonight at the 7th District

09/07/2026

Civic Meeting Agenda for September 8th, 2026

This Tuesday, September 8th, the Civic will meet beginning at 7:00 PM at the Walker Lodge of the I.O.O.F., 1290 Southampton Road.

We have a few things on the agenda for this month. A very important speaker will be attending this month, his name is Todd Sampsell from Natural Lands and Jason Duckworth, one of Natural Lands' board members. The civic devoted a meeting about this property in 2018 discussing a proposal for development of the lands behind and adjacent to the old firehouse at Byberry and Worthington roads. Most of that land is owned by the PIDC. The proposal fell through, and since then the board has been trying to prevent ways of having the roughly 70 acre woods from disappearing. We have reached out to various park departments for help. National Lands, a non-profit, has contacted us and they suggested that they attend our meeting to tell us about the exciting prospect of making that parcel of land into a passive park. Our local politicians and the mayor are on board. The local politicians will also speak about this prospect that will be a huge boon for Somerton.

We also have two zoning appeals to discuss:

13109 Bustleton Avenue, The old Washington House, is seeking a variance to allow single rental rooms in their location. The property is not zoned for this.

10650 Bustleton Avenue, is seeking a larger sign of 71 square feet, they are requesting a variance because the allowable square footage is 15 square feet.

The board may have a few announcements. The Civic meeting will host the PSA 3 meeting, and elected officials or their staff may attend and speak as well.

See you on Tuesday!

--Somerton Civic Association - Philadelphia, Pa

06/06/2026

June 9 Civic
Meeting will be held at 1290 Southampton road, Walker Lodge.

We have three zoning issues:

11003 Lindsay street wants to make a single home into a senior care home

549a Selma street wants to enclose garage.

10259 Veree Road want to convert a single family home into a religious assembly building.

Councilwoman Katherine Gilmore Richardson will be addressing issues in Philadelphia and taking questions

PSA 3 meeting will be held with local politicians speaking.

A vote will be held for board members.

See you there!

05/11/2026

The civic will be meeting this Tuesday, May 12th at 7:00 pm, Walker lodge, 1290 Southampton road

10610 Evans Street is requesting a variance to allow 3 units and 3 accessory off street parking spaces. 3 units and parking spaces are not allowed is RSA-3 zoning district.

Martina White and Bob Gurtcheff are running for State representative and will be stating their platforms and answering questions.

12018-30 Bustleton Avenue will not be attending this month’s meeting.

PSA 3 meeting and local political officials will speak.

See you there!

04/13/2026

The civic will hold its meeting this Tuesday, April 14th, at 7:00 pm, Walker Lodge, 1290 Southampton road. We have one zoning issue.

428 Larkspur Street is seeking a variance to convert the garage into additional living space.

We also have a speaker, Dave Shallcross, from the Pa attorney general’s office will speak about scams affecting the community.

Announcements and PSA 3 with some comments from the elected officials will also be heard.

See you there!

03/09/2026

March 10th Somerton Civic
meeting will be held at 7:00 pm at Walker Lodge, 1290 Southampton Road

12018 and 12030 Bustleton Avenue is seeking a variance for the building of 66 housing units in 11 buildings. The board and members have many questions and concerns which will be discussed.

We will also hold the PSA 3 meeting with the 7th district and will have announcements from the local politicians.

See you on Tuesday!

02/08/2026

February 10th Civic Meeting, 1290 Southampton Road, Walker lodge, at 7:00 pm

Our civic meeting has one zoning variance request for 801 Selma Street to enclose a garage.

428 Larkspur street has cancelled for this month and will reschedule.

We will be discussing some upcoming zoning variance requests that will affect our neighborhood.

We will also have our PSA meeting and will hear from our local politicians.

Hope to see you there!

01/28/2026

Please fill out this important survey regarding a large 66 unit housing development at Bustleton and Byberry behind the Dollar Tree. We need neighborhood input, thank you!

A developer wants to build multifamily housing at 12018 and 12030 Bustleton Avenue, an approximately 3.7-acre property near the intersection of Bustleton and Byberry Road. The developer needs the Zoning Board of Adjustment to grant a zoning variance for its project to proceed. The developer proposes...

01/12/2026

Our January 13th meeting has been cancelled. The zoning and speaker have rescheduled. See you in February!!

12/06/2025

Civic Meeting Agenda for December 9th, 2025

This Tuesday,December 9th, the Civic will meet beginning at 7:00 PM at the Walker Lodge of the I.O.O.F., 1290 Southampton Road.

We are still accepting donations for the Caring for Friends food bank, if you are able to donate you can bring it to the meeting and we will get it to the food bank. There are many seniors and disabled who need help this winter. Any donations would be greatly appreciated as the food bank is very low in supplies this year.

There are also two zoning appeals to discuss on Tuesday.

303 Avon Street is seeking a variance to add a business in the garage of a single family home. This requires a variance because the property is zoned for a single family home with no attached businesses.

834 Avon Street is seeking a variance to enclose the garage. This requires a variance because the zoning code requires a parking space off the street the enclosing the garage would negate that.

The board may have a few announcements. The Civic meeting will host the PSA 3 meeting, and elected officials or their staff may attend and speak as well.

See you on Tuesday!