Montgomery County · Lower Merion · MCPC #25-0116-002
SOPI - Gratz College Addition
382 Bala Ave and 327 Levering Mill Rd, Lower Merion, PA · 860 sq ft non-residential, school · 0.71 acres
About this project
Gratz College is renovating two existing buildings at 382 Bala Avenue and 327 Levering Mill Road in Lower Merion, joining them with a new connecting addition and merging the two lots into one 0.71-acre parcel. The site work removes some paving and a walkway and adds a new sidewalk, ADA ramp, crosswalk, and stormwater storage bed, keeping impervious coverage about the same as today.
County planning commission: Supports, with comments
Issues raised: shrub species diversity does not meet Table 5.8.1 minimum
- Applicant
- Gratz College
- Engineer / rep.
- Meliora Design
- Approvals needed
- preliminary land development plan approval, waivers from the township subdivision and land development ordinance (street tree quantity, shrub species diversity)
Filing history
- 2025-07-11 · MCPC #25-0116-002 · Land Dev Plan, Prelim Plan, Resubmission · 860 sq ft
- 2025-06-05 · MCPC #25-0116-001 · Land Dev Plan, Prelim Plan · 860 sq ft
County review letters
2025-06-05 · LMERI 25-0116-001r.pdf
2025-07-11 · LMERI 25-0116-002 SOPI.pdf
Scope estimate for contractors
- Addition linking two existing buildings
- Removal of impervious paving and walkway with depaving
- Subsurface stormwater storage bed
- New sidewalk, ADA ramp and crosswalk
- Pedestrian lighting upgrades and illuminated bollards
- Three ground-mounted AC condensers