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Carbon County reviewers flag environmental and zoning concerns for proposed PennDOT maintenance facility
Summary
County planners reviewed a proposed 40,104-square-foot PennDOT maintenance facility that includes a truck wash and salt/brine storage and recommended forwarding technical comments to the borough, conservation district and applicant pending multiple clarifications and permits.
Carbon County Planning Commission staff reviewed plans for a proposed PennDOT maintenance facility and recommended the commission forward technical comments and concerns to the borough, the Carbon County Conservation District and the applicant for further review.
The plan calls for demolishing an existing maintenance site and constructing a 40,104-square-foot government service building with 14,120 square feet of office space and 25,984 square feet of vehicle-repair space. Support buildings in the submission include a 2,960-square-foot truck wash, a 305-square-foot salt storage building, a 1,040-square-foot storage tank area, and a truck-wash wastewater-treatment area. The site plan shows 32 parking spaces, including three ADA spaces; staff noted the zoning code requires far more spaces for the proposed mix of uses.
The project matters because it combines industrial activities (vehicle repair and a truck wash) and bulk de-icing materials (salt and brine) near residential areas and local waterways and therefore triggers multiple county, borough and state reviews and probable zoning variances.
In a detailed review, county staff (identified in the record as Ivan) cited numerous issues the applicant…
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