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Planning commission grants partial waivers for 1699 Airport Road storage project, defers several technical items
Summary
The commission reviewed a proposal for two 6,000‑sq‑ft storage buildings at 1699 Airport Road, recommended several waiver approvals (drawing scale, preliminary/final plan filing) and deferred items including final landscaping and certain right‑of‑way and stormwater liner details pending updated plans and PennDOT/PPL coordination.
Engineers for a proposal at 1699 Airport Road described a plan to add two one‑story, ~6,000‑square‑foot storage buildings, widen an existing driveway and install subsurface infiltration stormwater beds and septic fields. The applicant said 5.19 acres of the parcel is in East Allen Township while the remaining acreage lies in adjacent Hanover Township; driveway and right‑of‑way coordination with PennDOT and PPL were noted as pending items.
Engineer Roderick Trumbolo said the new infiltration beds and two proposed septic fields tested and 'passed' for the proposed buildings and the existing structure. He also said the applicant would coordinate necessary NPDES and PennDOT highway‑occupancy permits and would record shared‑driveway easements for adjacent residences.
Staff and commissioners reviewed a multi‑item engineering completeness letter and a set of waiver requests. The commission recommended approval for several technical waivers (including drawing scale and filing as preliminary/final plan) and discussed partial waivers or deferrals for landscape buffering adjacent to residential properties, sidewalk/pedestrian path requirements (part of the plan lies in Hanover Township), and stormwater liner provisions (applicant was advised to submit a formal waiver request for subsurface infiltration beds). The commission asked the applicant to clarify whether the buildings will be used as storage only or include office space, and to show septic laterals and existing on‑lot septic locations on adjacent properties as part of the final submission.
Commissioners asked the applicant to work with the township zoning officer, the fire department (East Allen Fire) and PennDOT where right‑of‑way and emergency access questions remain. In some cases the commission granted partial waiver recommendations subject to the applicant exhausting available right‑of‑way research (e.g., PennDOT plans) or providing turning templates for emergency vehicle access.
No final land‑development approval was given; the commission’s motions were advisory recommendations on the waiver requests and a request for additional plan detail before final action.
