Salem supervisors conditionally approve two subdivision requests, set technical plan requirements

Salem Township supervisors on Sept. 18 approved two planning items with multiple technical conditions intended to protect setbacks, sewer access and accurate tax mapping.

The board approved Penn Home & Farm LLC’s request to add Lot 1 to John and Patricia Kilpatrick’s property, subject to conditions including showing front building setback and side/rear setback lines, labeling the driveway, indicating Mark Drive’s right‑of‑way width, listing pre‑ and post‑subdivision acreages, identifying sanitary sewer easements, obtaining SEO and DEP approvals, providing Pennsylvania Department of State documentation for the LLC, and adding an owner representative certification. The approval was conditioned on all items appearing on a revised plan and passed unanimously.

Separately, the board conditionally approved a two‑lot subdivision requested by Florence Jean Artman and Sara Starrett designed to consolidate parcels that straddle Salem Township and the Municipality of Murrysville. The board required plan note edits, removal or modification of certain dedication language, corrected tax‑map labeling, display of pre‑ and post‑subdivision acreages (Lot 1 = 4.83 acres; Residual Lot 2 = 8.10 acres), submission of a Sewage Planning Module for Lot 1, and approval by Murrysville before the plan could be finalized. Planning Commission Chair Connie Mattei described the submission as legally complicated and said Murrysville review and the sewage module are outstanding.

Both motions passed unanimously. Planning Chair Mattei and board members emphasized that required permitting and intermunicipal approvals remain prerequisites to final recording.