Salem Township gives conditional preliminary approval to Daniels' storage yard and concrete batch plant

On Dec. 18 the Salem Township Board of Supervisors granted final approval of the Existing Conditions Plan and preliminary approval of the Proposed Conditions Plan for a proposed storage yard and concrete batch plant on Tax Map Parcel No. 57-19-00-0-090 owned by James Daniels, provided a long list of conditions is satisfied. The approvals were recorded after the main motion was amended and then approved unanimously.

Conditions include adding a statement of purpose to the plan, removing duplicate nomenclature, labeling existing buildings and the 16-foot wall, showing fire-hydrant locations and the right-of-way edge along SR 819, and revising the stormwater-management plan for review by the township engineer. The board also required SEO and DEP approvals for on-lot sanitary sewer facilities, Westmoreland County (WCD) erosion-and-sedimentation control approval or a waiver letter, DEP/NPDES permit approval or a DEP letter indicating none required, and a PennDOT Highway Occupancy Permit with the correct site address (1855 State Route 819).

Because an existing garage appears to encroach into the required 40-foot front-yard setback from SR 819, the plan must include a formal request for a modification to approve that encroachment; the board may require a note on the plan and written PennDOT consent if parking is to be designated along SR 819. The board also instructed the applicant to show interior circulation, parking counts, and the dimensions of buildings and features on the plan.

Abutting property owner Lisa Segina raised concerns about an as-built structure within the 40-foot setback and asked when those matters would be addressed; Planning Commission Chair Connie Mattei emphasized that setback modifications must come through planning and then be considered by the Supervisors. The approvals are conditional and require the applicant to satisfy the listed items before final plan acceptance.