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Red Maple Acres mobile‑home park extension moves forward amid technical checks on fire access, sewer and stormwater
Summary
Applicants seeking to extend Red Maple Acres on Grange Road described a layout matching the existing park and a perimeter walking connection to Hamilton Boulevard; staff stressed outstanding life‑safety, stormwater and sanitary‑sewer video inspection items that must be resolved before conditional‑use and preliminary approvals.
Planner Nathan Jones presented an update on the Red Maple Acres mobile‑home park extension at 1170 Grange Road, describing the proposal as an extension of an existing park with new pad units, a proposed trail network to Grange Road/Hamilton Boulevard, and site improvements intended to provide pedestrian connectivity.
Applicant representatives said earlier approvals were obtained under previous ownership and that the new owner intends to proceed quickly. The team showed a revised walking path and street layout (a 24‑foot roadway with a four‑foot separated walking path and a four‑foot grass strip) and said parking would provide three spaces per home. The applicants said prior engineering included an NPDES permit that was once approved by DEP and that some previous technical work — including karst and stormwater studies and a sanitary sewer inspection — will need updating.
Township staff and the township engineer emphasized life‑safety review by fire services (Upper and Lower Macungie), noting an updated turning‑template submittal was required to demonstrate fire apparatus access in the narrow portions of the existing park. Applicants said they had revised templates and submitted them for review; staff said a sign‑off from the fire marshal(s) is still needed for full acceptance.
On sanitary infrastructure, applicants acknowledged prior inspections but said the video of the private sewer main was not yet available; township staff asked that a current video inspection be provided and noted ordinance requirements to maintain video records. The township engineer reiterated stormwater comments from prior review letters and said work should be coordinated with the conservation district as needed.
Applicants described a perimeter walking path that will extend to Grange Road where other properties also propose sidewalks; they also said they would provide small pavilions at the park entrance for residents. Traffic review was discussed: staff said a traffic impact statement rather than a full study had been supplied and that reviewers did not expect the additional pads to cause a significant traffic increase; one staff speaker referenced an estimated nine additional AM peak trips from the extension.
No final approvals were granted; staff listed outstanding items (fire‑service sign‑off on access and turning radii, updated stormwater/karst studies, sanitary sewer video) that must be addressed before moving to conditional‑use and preliminary plan actions. Applicants said they expect to return with updated information.
