Commission approves waivers for lot relocations and sanitary-sewer subdivision work

The Blair Township Planning Commission reviewed several lot-line and subdivision plans tied to local development and the township’s sanitary-sewer expansion on Sept. 9, 2024, and recommended multiple ordinance waivers and conditional approvals.

The commission considered a Kandko LLC lot-line relocation plan prepared by Keller Engineers for property at 580 N. Park Lane. Stiffler McGraw’s Aug. 7, 2024 review letter was noted; Eric Banks said he took no exception to a requested waiver of Ordinance Section 350-22 (plan scale). Commissioners voted 3-0 to approve the waiver and to recommend approval of the lot-line relocation.

Commissioners then reviewed two Preliminary/Final Subdivision plans prepared by Keller Engineers for parcels along Reservoir Road that are part of the Blair Township sanitary-sewer expansion. For both the Robertson/Weber and Kern submissions, the applicants requested waivers for plan scale (350-22) and for relief from requirements for road/street frontage (350-36 A.1), lot size (350-36 B), building setback lines (350-22 A.17) and easements (350-37 A&B), citing the small lot sizes needed for pump stations and easements. Eric Banks said the requests stemmed from limited lot dimensions and that he had no exception to the waivers. The commission approved each listed waiver and recommended conditional approvals pending the engineer’s July 9, 2024 review comments; all votes were 3-0.

The Robertson/Weber project will separate a parcel to house a pump station and create a 25-foot easement to the parcel; similar configurations were described for Kern. The planning commission’s actions are recommendations to supervisors and contingent on addressing outstanding engineering comments.