Monroeville council tables Hawkins subdivision after sewer easement description unresolved

Monroeville, Pa. — The Monroeville Council on July 8 voted to table preliminary and final subdivision approval for a parcel owned by James and Sigrid Hawkins after staff disclosed an unresolved municipal sewer easement that must be described on the plan.

Planning staff told the council the applicant was seeking preliminary and final subdivision approval under Monroeville Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance No. 2525 to split Tax Parcel 638 J 090 into two lots. The presentation said the newly created Lot 1 would be combined with Tax Parcel 068 for a total of about 3.218 acres and proposed Lot 2 would total about 3.161 acres. The properties are in R-2 (Single/Multi-family) and S (Conservancy) zoning districts.

Counsel for the municipality reported that discussions with the applicant's attorney, Mike Silvestri, identified a sewer easement whose exact metes and bounds had not yet been finalized by the municipal authority. Counsel said the authority was preparing a legal description but did not have it ready for the meeting. To avoid later reapproval or amendment of the plan, the council accepted a request to table the item until the next monthly meeting so the authority can provide the easement description.

The council withdrew the pending motion to approve and then voted to table the application; roll call showed unanimous ayes. No substantive debate on the merits of the subdivision occurred at the meeting because the missing easement information was presented as a prerequisite to action.

The plan will return to the council after the municipal authority supplies the sewer-easement legal description to be incorporated into the recorded plan.