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Supervisors approve subdivision for Gettysburg Land and Cattle Co.; event center would require separate land‑development approval
Summary
The board conditionally approved subdivision of about 160 acres for Gettysburg Land and Cattle Company, allowing creation of a commercial lot described for an event center but clarifying that no construction permits for an event center or a nearby solar lease will be granted without a separate land‑development approval.
The Salem Township Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Aug. 21 to approve the conditional subdivision of parcel 57‑15‑00‑0‑068, roughly 160 acres owned by Gettysburg Land and Cattle Company, Inc., into a commercial lot intended to accommodate an event center and one existing single‑family residential lot.
The approval is limited to the subdivision plan; Solicitor Falatovich stressed that ‘‘nothing in the Township’s approval of this plan constitutes an approval for the development of the site’’ and that a separate land‑development application and Township Board approval will be required before any permits for an event center can be issued.
Conditions attached to the subdivision include correcting the owner address on plan notes, adding a statement of purpose referencing the proposed event center, showing pre‑ and post‑acreage, securing a township approval to remove the parcel from the Agricultural Security Area, creating a permanent sanitary‑sewer easement with Lot 2 of the adjoining Schlemmer plan and getting signatures from the Schlemmer landowners. The plan must also show 40‑foot front setbacks, 15‑foot side/rear setbacks, and a revision number and date. The plan also must add a statement that a roughly 40‑acre solar farm lease along Bowman Road (Instrument No. 202403250006959) cannot proceed without a land‑development application and approval.
Why it matters: The subdivision clears a procedural step to split the property but does not allow construction of an event center or the listed solar farm without separate land‑development reviews, required permits and technical approvals (stormwater, septic/SEO, highway occupancy as applicable).
What’s next: The applicants must satisfy the listed conditions, secure any required planning module, and submit a land‑development application if they intend to build. The board’s vote was limited to the subdivision; supervisors voted unanimously to approve the conditioned plan.
