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Springettsbury supervisors approve Molimo LLC parking‑lot expansion with lighting and sidewalk conditions
Summary
The board conditionally approved Molimo LLC’s land‑development plan for a parking‑lot expansion at 1410 Eden Road, denying a photometric‑plan waiver and requiring a photometric plan and coordinated street‑lighting and a six‑month note for sidewalks. The applicant had just received an NPDES permit.
The Springettsbury Township Board of Supervisors on a voice vote approved modifications and a conditional final plan for Molimo LLC’s industrial parking‑lot expansion at 1410 Eden Road but denied the applicant’s request to waive a required photometric plan and required coordinated parking‑lot lighting and a six‑month note for future sidewalks.
Neil Mesker, consultant with Site Design Concepts, told the board the applicant had received its NPDES permit from the York County Conservation District “yesterday” and sought eight waivers and conditional final approval to expand parking and outdoor storage. Mesker said the business operates primarily during daylight hours and asked that the board waive a photometric plan for the new parking area because the company does not expect visitors outside business hours and wanted to avoid unnecessary light pollution.
“We're requesting relief to not install lighting for that parking area based on the fact that there's really no real need for that lighting,” Mesker said. He described other waiver requests for traffic‑study requirements, sidewalks, landscaping and minor deviations for basin slopes and curb detail.
Supervisors questioned whether the additional parking was necessary and whether lighting should be tied to any future pedestrian improvements. One supervisor said decorative street lights typically go “hand in hand” with sidewalks but that functional illumination can be useful even without sidewalks. Staff and the applicant confirmed the proposed stormwater basin provides additional floodplain storage and that the landscape plan can be laid out so a future sidewalk would not be disrupted.
After discussion the board voted to deny the photometric‑plan waiver and to require a photometric plan and street‑lighting placement that meet township engineering standards. The board then approved the remaining modifications/waivers as amended and separately approved the final plan with conditions including the applicant's six‑month note that would preserve the township's option to require sidewalks and associated lighting in the future.
The motions were made and seconded on the record and adopted by voice votes. The applicant—represented in January by Molimo president Richard Bisco—had asked the board to waive the six‑month sidewalk note; the board declined that request.
What happens next: staff will work with the township engineer to review and approve the photometric plan and to ensure lighting meets township standards before building permits or final plan recording. The board noted the application does not add buildings and that traffic‑study requirements were among the waivers considered and largely supported by staff given the operations described.
Provenance: discussion and votes on the Molimo LLC land‑development plan begin at the board’s land‑development item and run through the motion and vote to conditionally approve the plan with lighting and sidewalk conditions.
