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Supervisors approve two‑lot Springetts Commons subdivision with nine waivers, require flood analysis for future development
Summary
The board approved SD‑2017‑0009 to divide 14 acres into two lots (8.8 and 5.3 acres) and granted nine waivers while imposing conditions that include a sewage planning module and a HEC‑RAS floodplain analysis before future land development.
The Springettsbury Township Board of Supervisors on a unanimous voice vote approved SD‑2017‑0009, a two‑lot subdivision commonly called Springetts Commons, subject to conditions and nine waivers requested by the applicant.
Adam Anderson of Site Design Concepts told the board the subdivision would create two lots from a 14‑acre parcel, one of about 8.8 acres and the other 5.3 acres, with no construction proposed now. "This is simply to to create the the 2 lots," Anderson said, describing access to public water and sewer and saying that land‑development plans will follow for each lot.
The board granted nine waivers that the applicant requested, including temporary deferrals of environmental impact studies, monumentation, curbing, sidewalks, certain planting buffers and streetlighting. Supervisors also approved a set of conditions: inclusion of the township’s Chapter 94 report, receipt of sewage‑facilities planning module approval, provision of utility easements, and a requirement that applicants provide floodplain and floodway analysis (sections cited by staff).
John (civil engineer) and other staff discussed sanitary sewer easements through the site and the need to update older analyses. Anderson said the team would "complete a HEC‑RAS analysis and go through the appropriate permitting with FEMA as far as raising the those lots to to remove them from the floodplain, but not impact the upstream or downstream property owners."
The action recorded in the meeting materials lists the waiver sections and the plan conditions approved by the board. Board members emphasized that certain technical studies and any grading associated with future development will be addressed as part of the land‑development review when specific uses are proposed.
Next steps: the subdivision plan, as approved with waivers and the listed conditions, will be recorded or advanced per township procedures; separate land‑development applications and permitting — including the HEC‑RAS and sewage planning approvals — are required before building or grading work begins.
