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Commission recommends moving Summerhill Phase 2 subdivision to council with conditions including sewer and NPDES approvals
Summary
The commission recommended that council move forward with the 64‑lot Summerhill Phase 2 subdivision approval, subject to outstanding stormwater (NPDES/MPDES), sanitary sewer coordination and agency approvals; staff and applicant said most engineering comments have been addressed.
The Murrysville Planning Commission voted to forward the Summerhill Phase 2 final subdivision plan to borough council with recommended conditions requiring receipt of remaining agency approvals and technical reviews.
Engineer Jeff Parabeck, representing Summerhill Development, said the submission covers 122.8 acres subdivided into 64 lots (61 townhouses, two open‑space parcels and one private road parcel) in an R‑3 district. He told the commission that comments from municipal staff and county planning had been addressed and that outstanding items include the NPDES/MPDES permit review with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the Westmoreland County Conservation District, sanitary sewer coordination with Plum Borough Municipal Authority and FTMSA, and the sewer planning module.
“DEP has decided to do a concurrent review with the conservation district, which is something new,” Parabeck told commissioners. He also said the sanitary easement negotiations with adjacent homeowners for grinder pump connections are underway and that several construction document conditions remain to be finalized.
A representative of the Summerhill Phase 1 condominium association said the developer has created a small parcel (Lot 22) intended for potential conveyance to the association to correct yard‑setback issues; association members and the developer have been negotiating the appropriate legal mechanism (declaration amendment, easement or conveyance agreement) to accomplish that change. Commissioners asked that a note be added to the subdivision plan reflecting the intent to convey or otherwise provide the parcel to the Phase 1 association, and staff confirmed the note will be added and the legal mechanism implemented prior to final approval.
The commission’s recommendation to council included these conditions: receipt of the NPDES permit and conservation district technical review comments and sign‑off; approval of the sewer planning module; assurance of FTMSA and Plum Authority approvals for sanitary connections; and a plan note regarding Lot 22 and the intended conveyance mechanism. One commissioner abstained because of representation of the applicant; otherwise the motion passed.
What’s next: Staff will confirm receipt of the permit approvals and the plan note will be added; the commission’s action forwards the subdivision to borough council for final action conditioned on the outstanding agency approvals and legal documentation.
