Board approves Sporting Green Apartments plan and grants multiple waivers

Representatives for Sporting Green Apartments presented a final lot add‑on and land development plan on May 27 and requested multiple waivers. The project would join two lots at 20 Sporting Green Drive and develop 252 apartment units in five buildings with accessory structures and a stream restoration component intended to stabilize Hogestown stream banks.

Attorney Tom Nehilla and project consultants described required sidewalks, an emergency access road to Sample Bridge Road capable of handling heavy equipment, and a stream restoration plan that Township staff must review. Traffic Planning & Design asked that the traffic impact fee be waived based on their traffic impact study; Township Engineer Jonathan Robinson advised HRG should independently review the study.

On a Brown/Potteiger motion the Board approved the requested waivers. On a Lenker/Brown motion the Board approved the Final Lot Add‑on & Land Development Plan for Sporting Green Apartments contingent on final staff and engineer review and notification to the PA School Boards Association regarding the final stream restoration plan.

The approved waivers included items such as preliminary plan submission, vertical curve design of the access drive, grade changes near property lines, several stormwater management waivers and related standards (specified in the agenda), and an exception to the additional 20% stormwater volume requirement. The Board’s approval preserves the requirement that final construction documents and the stream restoration plan be reviewed by Township staff and the Township Engineer prior to issuance of final permits.