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Planning commission tables Seven Brew drive-thru applications amid traffic, loading and access concerns
Summary
The commission unanimously tabled three applications from Seven Brew—conditional use, lot consolidation, and preliminary/final land development—after staff and consultants asked for additional traffic analysis, a mean service rate and multi-channel calculations. Applicants also discussed noise, landscaping, deliveries and firetruck maneuverability.
The Hampton Township Planning Commission on June 8 tabled all Seven Brew applications—including conditional use (26-01), lot consolidation (26-02), and preliminary/final land development (26-03)—after commissioners and staff requested more traffic and operational analysis.
Bob Gage, appearing by video call for Who Brew PA Ill, LLC, and consultants Michael Lusaitis (Steckbeck Engineering), Jason Shetler (TPD, Inc., via video), and Zack Stehle (Trans Associates) discussed a traffic study focused on drive-thru operations. Staff and the commission sought additional data on left-turn egress, queueing and peak volumes, a mean service rate for the drive-thru, multi-channel calculations and possible spillover onto Route 8. Consultant Stehle cautioned that many modeling results depend on the applicant’s operational assumptions: “a lot of the results for what the anticipated operation at the drive thru would be is based on the business efficiency and the amount of vehicles to get through the queue,” he said, and recommended further analysis to substantiate queueing assumptions.
Applicants addressed other technical issues raised by the commission and staff. Gage said the site’s speakers are under the canopy and “they would not violate the noise Ordinance in place.” Lusaitis said the revised plans do not include Bradford Pears and that an acceptable variety of trees will be used for landscaping; he acknowledged a remaining loading comment and said deliveries would need to be coordinated during off hours. On maneuverability, Lusaitis said the template was modified for a larger firetruck but added a 40-foot vehicle would not be able to make a right turn from the furthest lane; signs and delivery coordination were proposed as mitigation.
After discussion, Mr. Deems moved to table the three Seven Brew items and Ms. Hallinan seconded; the motion carried unanimously by the five members present. The minutes record the applications as tabled and request the additional traffic and multi-channel operational analysis be provided before further action.
Next steps: applicants are expected to supply the requested mean service rate and expanded multi-channel calculations and to address the loading/delivery coordination and truck maneuverability details; the minutes do not list a target date for resubmission or a follow-up hearing.
