Quality Life Services looking to add independent living duplex
WINFIELD TWP — Quality Life Services, a senior living facility located on Iron Bridge Road in Winfield Township, signaled its intention to expand with a proposed duplex intended for independent-living rentals.
The township held a conditional-use public hearing on the matter before its monthly supervisors meeting on Thursday. Representing Quality Life Services was Rich Craft of engineering firm Olsen-Craft Associates.
According to township solicitor Mike Hnath, the conditional use hearing was necessary because the proposed use for the duplex was different from that of the surrounding facility.
The Quality Life facility in Winfield Township, formerly known as Fair Winds Manor, is one of 10 senior living facilities under the Quality Life name dotted across Pennsylvania. There is another such facility on Medical Center Road in Chicora.
The proposed structure would take up an area of 70 feet by 30 feet and consist of two divided units with no common area.
According to Craft, a similar arrangement exists at one of Quality Life’s other facilities in Sugar Creek, which features two such structures for independent living.
The entirety of Quality Life Services’ facility in Winfield Township currently is contained within one building on Iron Bridge Road.
“They have a big building over here that is all connected, and then this would be a duplex on their property,” said township Supervisor Matthew Klabnik. “It's one building with two residences they would then rent out.”
A final decision for approval is not expected until next month’s regular meeting April 25. Until then, Hnath and township secretary Rachel Altman will analyze the findings from the public hearing.
