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Subdivision plan for Reliance Road property advances after request to waive street trees
Summary
Council reviewed a subdivision plan for a property at Reliance Road and Liliesville; Speaker 1 said the applicant, 'Mister Petlac,' asked to waive seven required street trees and pay a fee in lieu; the planning commission recommended approval and a motion to approve the plan and waiver was introduced but no vote is recorded.
Speaker 1 presented a supplemental subdivision plan for a property described in the transcript as "35 Road in Patlack," at the corner of Reliance Road and Liliesville, noting the parcel had received preliminary subdivision approval in September 2023 but the required number of street trees was deferred.
Speaker 1 told council the property had been subdivided into three parcels and that the lot configurations made planting the full complement of required street trees and buffering impractical. "Mister Petlac is asking for council to approve that and approve a waiver," Speaker 1 said, adding the applicant sought a waiver of seven required street trees. Speaker 1 stated the transcript's figures for the waiver request: $195 per tree and a fee-in-lieu payment to the borough of $2,465.
According to Speaker 1, the applicant's engineer and borough planning staff worked to produce a plan acceptable to staff, and the planning commission recommended that council approve the supplemental plan and the requested waiver. Speaker 1 said the planning commission's recommendation accompanied the May agenda materials.
Speaker 1 then introduced a motion to approve and revise the plan. "There is a motion," Speaker 1 said; the transcript records the motion being introduced and a call for questions but does not record a mover, seconder, a vote tally or a final outcome.
What happened next: the transcript does not show a recorded vote or an explicit final decision; the planning commission's recommendation and the introduced motion are on the record in the meeting minutes excerpt provided. Any fee calculation, enforcement details, or the borough department assigned to oversee tree planting or the fee-in-lieu would be handled in follow-up staff work and are not specified in the transcript.
Next steps noted in the transcript: council discussion was opened for questions and the motion was on the table; no subsequent vote or schedule for final action appears in the provided segments.
