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Planners table Fusting Center Phase 2; ask for detailed site, parking and sewer allocations
Summary
A four‑story mixed use proposal for Fusting Center Phase 2 — restaurants/retail on the first floor with condos and offices above — was reviewed; planning commissioners tabled action after requesting revised plans, parking calculations, stormwater and PennDOT and FTMSA/DEP approvals and cross‑easements.
Architect Ray Gusty (Fahringer, McCarty & Grey) presented a lot consolidation and a phased land‑development concept for the Fusting Center Phase 2. The proposal showed a four‑story building with a first floor designed for a fast‑food restaurant and a sit‑down restaurant plus retail, and upper floors for offices and a total of 40 condominium units across floors 1–4.
Planning staff and commissioners identified numerous missing or unclear items: plan scale and sheet size (plans submitted at 30x42 inches rather than the preferred 36x48), lack of a clear phase delineation (Phase I vs. Phase II), removal of utility and contour clutter for clarity, building dimensions and heights, parking calculations for both phases (commission noted an existing waiver reducing Phase I parking from 60+ to 56 spaces and requested a unit‑breakdown so required parking could be calculated for condos), traffic circulation and emergency access (including questions about ladder‑truck access), cross‑easement proof to access the SR‑22 signal, PennDOT Highway Occupancy Permit language, FTMSA/DEP sanitary sewer tap allocations in light of a DEP Consent Order, erosion and sedimentation control drawings, stormwater management approval, and required township, county and recorder certifications and revision dates on the plans.
Solicitor Gary Falatovich advised that preliminary approval and lot consolidation could be recommended but final recording should occur only when the overall build‑out and supporting approvals are in place to avoid having to reverse a consolidation. Given the scope of missing items, Paul Holleran moved and Chair Connie Mattei seconded a motion to table the detailed site approval; the motion passed by majority vote.
