JBI Land Development Plan tabled as township awaits state permits and engineering revisions

Commission members discussed the status of the JBI Land Development Plan and voted to table further action until the applicant addresses outstanding items. Speaker 4 explained that Scott had prepared a four‑page list of review comments and that the applicant's engineer (referred to alternately as Dan or Dave in the transcript) was still working through them. "They also need an NPDES permit and a HOP, Highway Occupancy Permit from PennDOT," Speaker 2 said, adding that those approvals are separate from township approval.

Speaker 4 summarized the likely timeline for state approvals, saying DEP review could be "9 to 12 months" because the applicant must perform stormwater modeling and use a managed release concept. Commissioners debated whether the township should grant longer extensions than the typical 90‑day increments. Speaker 1 noted court precedent limits the township's ability to deny plan approval solely because a state permit is pending and observed that routine extensions keep items on the agenda for oversight.

After discussion, Speaker 1 moved to table the JBI Land Development Plan until the next meeting. The transcript records the motion and a voice vote but does not clearly identify a distinct member who seconded the motion; the ayes carried and the plan was tabled. The commission requested the applicant provide the outstanding engineering responses and the state permit documentation before the item returns to the agenda.

The transcript does not record a formal board action to approve or deny the plan; the record shows only the procedural tabling pending engineering revisions and state permits.