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Salem supervisors approve Gettysburg Land & Cattle subdivision but require easement, land‑development approval for event center
Summary
Salem Township approved subdivision of a 160‑acre parcel for an event‑center lot but imposed multiple plan conditions, including a permanent sanitary‑sewer easement on an adjacent Schlemmer parcel and a requirement that no permits for the proposed event center will be issued without a separate land‑development approval.
The Salem Township Board of Supervisors on Aug. 21 approved the subdivision of parcel 57-15-00-0-068 owned by Gettysburg Land and Cattle Company, Inc., creating a proposed commercial lot for an event center and one existing residential lot — but only after imposing multiple conditions and restrictions.
Conditions include correcting the owner address on the plan, adding a Statement of Purpose referencing the proposed event center, showing pre- and post‑acreage, and submitting a Planning Module and SEO/DEP approvals before any development. Crucially, the plan must create a permanent sanitary‑sewer easement across an adjacent parcel owned by Robert W. Schlemmer Jr. and Judith G. Schlemmer to allow Lot 1 to be served by a conveyance system on Lot 2. The minutes specify the easement language to be recorded on the plan.
The plan also must include a statement addressing a roughly 40‑acre solar farm lease along Bowman Road (Instrument No. 202403250006959) on Lot 2: no permits for the solar farm may be issued unless and until a land development application is submitted and approved for the solar project. The board recorded extensive drafting and plan‑certification corrections required before final recordation.
Solicitor Falatovich emphasized the distinction between subdivision approval and approval to develop the site: "Nothing in the Township's approval of this plan constitutes an approval for the development of the site. The Owner/Applicant acknowledges that the Site cannot be developed for an 'event center', and no permits can be authorized for same, unless a land development plan is submitted to the Township and approved by the Board of Supervisors consistent with the Township's Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance." The motion to approve the subdivision — including the listed conditions — passed unanimously.
The conditions require signatures from adjacent owners (the Schlemmers) to confirm the proposed easement, addition of setback lines, and other technical corrections. Township staff and the solicitor noted that subsequent land‑development approvals, SEO/DEP reviews and permitting (including any necessary HOP from PennDOT for access from Route 22) are prerequisites to any construction or permitting for an event center.
The board’s action advances the subdivision record process while leaving any commercial development proposals subject to future review and approval.
