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Supervisors grant preliminary approval for Fusting Center Phase II, ask for multiple plan conditions and SALDO modification requests
Summary
The board granted preliminary approval to the Fusting Center Phase II site and lot consolidation subject to erosion/NPDES, stormwater and PennDOT permits, cross‑easements, sign package and several requested waivers/modifications of the Township SALDO, including a requested increase from 8 to 40 multi‑family units for part of the development; Solicitor noted some density modifications were not requested by the developer and must be addressed later.
The Salem Township Board granted preliminary approval for the Fusting Center Phase II consolidation and site plan on Jan. 15, contingent on a set of engineering, permitting and plan notation conditions. Required items include NPDES/E&S approval, Township Engineer sign‑off on stormwater, FTMSA/DEP sanitary approvals, a PennDOT Highway Occupancy Permit, cross‑easement agreements for access to an intersection signal, a sign package, and an explicit note that roadways shown on the plan will remain private and maintained by the property owner.
The Board and Planning Commission also discussed multiple requested modifications to the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance (SALDO) tied to parking setbacks and dimensions, off‑street parking ratios for multi‑family housing, building isolation distances, and an increase in allowable heights and unit counts for multi‑family dwellings. The Township Solicitor noted that an increase in the maximum number of units from eight to 40 condominium units had not been framed as a developer request and therefore would need to be addressed during a later submission; the Planning Commission recommended approval of a set of modifications but did not act on density/area items the developer had not requested.
Resident and planning participants raised procedural caution about approving modifications before final plan approval. As one participant argued, "If you grant the modification and the plan doesn't go through you are stuck with the modification." The Supervisors treated the approvals as preliminary and tied final recording to completion of the outstanding conditions.
