New Garden Township
New Resident Handbook
New Garden Township
Phone: (610)268-2915
Fax: (610)268-0458
Website: www.newgarden.org
CITIZEN’S HANDBOOK
Presented by the
New Garden Township Board of Supervisors
Note to Residents
Welcome residents to New Garden Township! This pamphlet is meant to be helpful in directing you to the resources you may need for your family to establish yourselves as residents of New Garden Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Residents are invited to attend all public meetings and
are encouraged to get involved in a committee.
Click here for public meetings
Click here for other Public Notices and Announcments
For full listing of all officials, committees, authorities
and commissions and for a schedule of all meetings
please visit our website.
Brief History of New Garden
Before William Penn, Jr. obtained his patent for land given him by his father in 1706, he arranged its sale. This land included the area known as New Garden Township, an area of steep slopes and rolling hills cut by fast-moving creeks and meandering streams.
Homes were built, land was cleared and cultivated and Meeting Houses and schools were constructed. Soon villages sprouted - New Garden which grew around the Meeting House; Toughkenamon on the "road from Brandywine to Nottingham" and where the old inn, best known as The Hammer & Trowel was located; Landenberg which was the home of many mills located along the White Clay Creek (most notably cotton mills and woolen mills); and Kaolin which was the center of extensive clay quarries from which a fine china clay was excavated.
As years passed and water power gave way to other sources of energy, the mills closed and many employees moved on to more prosperous industrial areas. The clay quarries filled with water, and the Township returned primarily to farming, and so it remained for many years.
The countryside is changing, but all around us we can still see the lovely homes, schoolhouses, Meeting Houses and Churches that date from the 1700s and 1800s.
Utilities and Local Services
Visit www.MovePa.com to find help with setting up utility services in your area.
Phone Directory
To obtain a phone directory call (800)888-8448 or visit online at www.directorystore.com .
Motor Vehicle
To obtain a Pennsylvania State drivers license and/or change your address and registration of your cars visit:
www.pennsylvania.dmv/org to find locations or call
(800)932-4600
Cable/ Internet
To hook up your cable, internet or general questions about service, contact Comcast at http://comcast.com or (800)-COMCAST
Power Outages
Customer Service
( 800)494-4000
To report a power outage please call PECO
(800)841-4141
To report streetlight outages please call PECO
(800)265-4189
Chester Water Authority
(800)793-2323
View http://www.chesterwater.com/ to find out about water quality, answers to questions about your services, annual reports, etc.
New Garden Sewer Authority
Please note that sewer bills are based on water usage through Chester Water Authority. Please call Joanne Hafner, Sewer Billing Clerk with any questions regarding current rates or billing questions at
(610) 268-2915.
Daily Local Newspaper
To subscribe or place an add call (610)696-1775
Chester County Press - To subscribe or advertise please call 610-869-5553
Landenberg Today - www.landenbergtoday.com -
To subscribe or advertise please call 610-869-5553
The Kennett Paper
Call toll free at to subscribe or place an add (888) 299-3822
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd=2250
The Philadelphia Inquirer
To subscribe or place an add call 215-854-2000
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/
Voters Service
To register or find your local polling place call (610)344-6410 or view
http://dsf.chesco.org/election/site/default.asp or click for the New Garden voters page
Garbage Removal
Recycling is mandatory in New Garden Township. Residents and businesses must recycle. Click here for New Garden Recycling
To set up weekly garbage removal you may want to contact any of the following:
MONTEREY REFUSE SERVICE, INC.
480 W. Christine Road
Nottingham, PA 19362
(610)932-7711
http://www.montereyrefuse.com/
PENN CONTAINER
1020 Broad Run Road
Landenberg, PA 19350
(610)274-1306
ALLIED WASTE SERVICES
(610)869-2222
Recycling & Hazardous Waste Disposal
To find out about disposal of hazardous waste, recycling or general information about waste management in Chester County visit http://www.chestercountyswa.org/,
New Garden Has a Household Hazardous Waste Collection every September. Click here for more information about HHW (Household Hazardous Waste)
Or call SECCRA Landfill at (610)869-2452
Children & Family
Library
Bayard Taylor Memorial Library
(610)444-2702
(610)444-2988
Next to Post Office
216 East State Street
Kennett Square, PA
New Garden Township supports the Library and as residents you are encouraged to use the Library. There are many programs year round for children and adults. Please take a look at the website or give them a call to find out what programs are available for you and your family. It is very easy to obtain a card to become a member of the library. All you need to do is fill out the application, which can be obtained at the library, and show proof of address.
School
Kennett Consolidated School District
(610)444-6600
New Garden Park
8934 Gap Newport Pike
Landenberg, PA 19350
Contact Barb Underwood, New Garden Parks and Recreation Director, by email at Bunderwood@newgarden.org, to learn about events going on in the park for children and adults. Also, visit New Garden’s website at “EVENTS” page at www.newgarden.org. Please call the Township building to reserve park pavilions (610)268-2915.
Emergency Services-911
For all real emergencies always call 911.
New Garden Police Department
8934 Gap Newport Pike
Landenberg, PA 19350
(610)268-2907 for non-emergencies
Larry Dampman, Chief
Gerry Lindenlauf, Emergency Management Coordinator
Pennsylvania State Police
Avondale State Police Barracks
2 Moxley Lane
Avondale , PA 19311
(610)268-2022 for non-emergencies
Station Commander: Lt. Shelton O. Sneed
http://www.psp.state.pa.us/troopj/cwp/view.asp?A=579&Q=172399
Avondale Fire Company
123 Pennsylvania Avenue
Avondale, PA 19311
(610)268-2486 / (610)268-2309 for non-emergencies
Mike Decker, Chief
Shawn Carroll, President
Rob Linnenbaugh, EMS Supervisor
To contact Poison Control call (888)222-1222
Local Hospitals
AI DuPont Children’s Hospital Jennersville Regional Hospital
www.Nemours.com www.jennersville.com
1600 Rockland Road 1015 W. Baltimore Pike
Wilmington, DE West Grove, PA 19390
(302) 651-4000 (610)869-1000
The Chester County Hospital Christiana Hospital
www.cchosp.com http://www.christianacare.org/
701 East Marshal Street 4755 Ogletown- Stanton Road
West Chester, PA 19380 Newark, DE 19718
(610)431-5000 (302)733-1000
TAX OFFICES
New Garden Property Taxes
Joseph Bohnert
309 Newark Road
Landenberg, PA 19350
(610)274-8669
School Taxes
Kennett Consolidated
300 E. South Street
Kennett Square, PA 19348
(610)444-6605
County Tax Office
Chester County Courthouse
Chester County Treasurer’s Office
2 North High Street, Suite 120
West Chester , PA 19380
http://dsf.chesco.org/chesco/cwp/view.asp?a=1413&q=573814
(610)344-6370
Emergency Municipal Services Tax
Amusement Tax
Earned Income Tax
BERKHEIMER
1883 Jury Road
Penn Argile, PA 18072
(610)363-7214
http://www.hab-inc.com/content/
Fire Hydrant and Street Light Tax
New Garden Township
299 Starr Road
Landenberg, PA 19350
(610)268-2915
For additional information on New Garden Township tax rates visit http://munstatspa.dced.state.pa.us/ReportViewer.aspx?R=MunicipalTaxInformation&municipality_id=151055&reporting_year=2006&rendering=H
Getting Married in Chester County
Congratulations! You will need to apply for a marriage license not 60 days before your wedding day but at least three business days before. To learn about what is required to obtain a marriage license visit: http://www.wedalert.com/content/articles/married_pa.asp or http://www.weddingvendors.com/marriage-license-laws/united-states/pennsylvania/ or call Chester County Courthouse at (610)344-6355.
The closest Courthouse that you may obtain a marriage license is:
Chester County Courthouse
Register of Wills
2 North High Street, Suite 109
PO Box 2748
West Chester PA, 19380
or for more information please call (610) 344-6335
To find out more general information about Chester County, visit http://dsf.chesco.org/, (610)344-6000, (800)692-1100 or by mail at 2 N. High Street, Box 2748, West Chester, PA 19380
You may view the Code of New Garden Township at www.generalcode.com . This is very helpful for any one with Zoning and/or Ordinance questions. Copies are also available at the Township Building.
New Garden Township and Agriculture
Photos by Scott Gantt
New Residents are reminded that part of the charm of the Township is its agriculture. There are many corn and hay fields that dot the landscape and provide a unique break from the typical urban and suburban scenery. Along with the beautiful landscape there are inconveniences like farm equipment on the roads that slow down traffic and frequently spotted in Chester County are mushroom growing facilities. As with any agricultural facility there are odors associated with natural products and these are unavoidable. Most farmers make every effort to minimize these odors but they are unavoidable and you should consider them as a part of why the landscape is as it is.