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Council approves land‑development plan for 358–360 North Broad Street with multiple waivers
Summary
The council approved a plan to build a two‑unit duplex behind 360 N. Broad Street, granting numerous waivers for sidewalks, landscaping, sight triangles and related items after a staff‑backed presentation from the applicant’s architect.
The Lititz Borough Council voted to approve a land‑development plan for 358 and 360 North Broad Street that will add a two‑unit duplex at the rear of 360 and separate utilities for the new building.
Keith Good of CGA Architects, presenting for property owner John Aleston, said the project removes a dilapidated barn, relocates utilities with a new sewer tap and establishes a shared parking layout with clearer ingress and egress arrows. “We ended up coming up with a shared parking plan that works pretty well,” Good said, describing painted arrows, parking bumpers and an expansion of parking in targeted areas.
Good asked the borough for numerous waivers, including skipping a preliminary plan, waiving a 200‑foot survey buffer, forgoing a wetland study (no wetlands observed), not reconstructing Broad Street, permitting no‑curb stormwater flow in the lot, a six‑foot screen‑fence exception tied to an existing neighbor fence, reduced sidewalk width along existing retaining walls, a lower interior landscaping percentage, and a traffic‑study waiver because the project falls well under the ordinance’s residential threshold. He said staff and the borough engineer supported the waiver requests.
Council members who spoke praised the infill approach and the project’s compatibility with previously approved zoning decisions. One member suggested considering native species instead of the proposed tree type; Good responded he was “happy to look at an alternative species.”
After discussion and a motion listing the requested waivers and modifications, the council voted in favor of approving the preliminary/final land‑development plan.
Next steps include the applicant completing any final plan paperwork required by borough staff and implementing the shared‑parking and stormwater measures shown in the approved plan.
