Springettsbury supervisors approve settlement with York Suburban on 701 Erlin Drive after heated public comment on traffic and parking

SPRINGETTSBURY, Pa. — The Springettsbury Township Board of Supervisors on April 24 approved a settlement and land‑development plan conditions agreement with York Suburban School District for a proposed school at 701 Erlin Drive after an extended public‑comment period in which neighbors and an attorney for adjacent property owners said the plan would create traffic, parking and safety problems.

The board voted to approve the revised settlement, which removes bleachers and a stage from a roughly 7,200‑square‑foot interior space and incorporates a program‑use proposal that limits unscheduled large events. The settlement as revised sets 174 off‑street, striped parking spaces for the school and designates the frontage off Erlin Drive as a no‑parking drop‑off lane.

The settlement grows out of a zoning calculation dispute. Under the township zoning ordinance, a “public assembly” area such as an auditorium or stadium triggers a larger parking requirement; that calculation initially produced an estimated 343 spaces for the assembly portion and an overall 399‑space requirement. The district revised its plan to remove a stage and bleachers and relabel the space as a gym/multipurpose room; township staff retained the public‑assembly calculation during negotiations. The settlement requires the district to provide the zoning officer, at the start of each school year, a written list of planned district…