A piece of legislation moving through Delaware’s General Assembly would redraw the boundaries of the Town of Cheswold by removing specific parcels of land located within the Nobles Pond development from the town’s official limits.
The bill targets real property currently inside Cheswold’s territorial boundaries and would effectively detach those parcels from the municipality.
Because the legislation involves changing a municipal charter, it faces a higher bar for approval than a typical bill. Under Article IX, Section 1 of the Delaware Constitution, any amendment to a municipal charter — whether it applies directly to a specific town or through a broader general law — must receive the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the elected members in each house of the General Assembly to become law.
