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Blair Township panel recommends waivers, conditional approval for Dollar General project
Summary
The Blair Township Planning Commission voted 3-0 on Sept. 9 to recommend waivers for curbing and landscaping spacing and to conditionally approve the Dollar General plans at 16474 Dunnings Highway pending engineer comments.
Secretary Dodie Amigh called the Blair Township Planning Commission to order on Sept. 9, 2024. The commission reviewed preliminary and final plans for a proposed Dollar General store at 16474 Dunnings Highway in Duncansville and recommended several waivers and a conditional approval.
Eric Banks, representing engineer Stiffler McGraw, told commissioners the developer resubmitted plans after the Board of Supervisors denied an earlier sidewalk-waiver request; the new submission shows sidewalks along the frontage, a retention pond and landscape buffering. Banks said the developer requested waivers to Ordinance Section 350-45.B (curbs) and Section 350-45.H (landscape spacing). He said the parking-lot slope would route drainage to the proposed pond and that landscaping along the edge would limit uncontrolled access, and he recommended approving the curb waiver.
On landscaping, Banks said the developer proposed arborvitae spaced six feet apart while the ordinance requires three-foot spacing; he recommended five-foot spacing as a compromise. Commissioners voted 3-0 to recommend approval of the curb waiver and to recommend changing the landscaping spacing requirement from three feet to five feet.
The commission also reviewed a final subdivision plan that would split a parcel owned by Stephen Roberts and convey it to Dollar General. Banks said the plan still needs details such as ground contours and existing utilities and that several items in Stiffler McGraw’s review letter must be addressed. The planning commission voted 3-0 to recommend conditional approval of the subdivision and the land development plan pending resolution of the engineer’s comments.
The motions were made and seconded by commission members present and passed unanimously. The commission’s recommendations are advisory; final approvals and any remaining permit requirements will depend on the township supervisors, county review and required corrections identified in the engineering review.
