Supervisors approve waiver and conditionally approve Shingletown Road minor subdivision

Township staff and an engineer from Pantera presented a minor-subdivision plan for the former Ischler property on Oct. 14 that would create six lots with public water and sewer and multiple access points onto West Main Street and Shingletown Road.

Staff said two reviews were completed before the agenda was prepared and recommended the board take two actions: (1) approve or deny the waiver request to corridor-overlay pedestrian/bicycle access requirements (chapter corrected to chapter 11 in discussion), and (2) approve the subdivision plan contingent on satisfying comments from the township engineer, the Center Regional Planning Agency, the fire chief and the zoning officer.

Concerns raised by supervisors included required fire-hydrant proximity measurements for Lots 1 and 2 and safe access onto Route 45 for Lots 5 and 6. The Pantera representative said adjustments to rear-setback lines and driveway configurations could address the hydrant requirement and that PennDOT will determine whether shared access or separate driveways are required. One supervisor pressed for traffic-study results and any PennDOT highway-occupancy permit showing access approval.

The board approved the waiver request by voice vote and then moved to approve the minor-subdivision plan contingent upon satisfactory completion of the engineer's and agencies' comments and obtaining any required PennDOT permits.

"We also ask to have the developer provide a copy of the highway occupancy permit from PennDOT that's approving the access or accesses out onto Shingletown Road," staff said. The action was recorded as unanimous in the meeting dialogue; no roll-call tally was provided in the transcript.

Next steps identified by staff included plan revisions showing the revised rear-setback lines and submission of the highway-occupancy permit and any further engineering responses prior to final plan recording.