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Salem Township Planning Commission approves Jan. 7 minutes, addresses multiple lot-line plans and a planning-module action
Summary
The Planning Commission accepted the Jan. 7 minutes, tabled or conditioned several lot-line and land-development applications for additional documentation, and voted to complete and sign a Planning Module form for the Daniels Concrete Batch Plant after identifying inconsistencies. Multiple SALDO modification requests were recommended to supervisors.
The Salem Township Planning Commission convened Feb. 4, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in the municipal building. Chair Connie Mattei and commissioners John Wright and Vice-chair Paul Holleran conducted roll call and unanimously approved the Jan. 7, 2026 meeting minutes. "Motion made by Paul Holleran and seconded by John Wright to approve the Minutes of the previous Planning Commission meeting of January 7, 2026 ... Motion passed unanimously," the minutes record.
Commissioners moved through a full agenda that included several lot-line revision and land-development applications. The Commission tabled applications lacking proper representation or administrative completeness (for example, the Ross & Steel and Tresco land-development filings), accepted others as complete with recommendations (Jeffrey L. Demary), and recommended specific SALDO modifications for plan approval. The body also approved an administrative action to complete and sign Component 4A section C of the Planning Module for the Daniels Concrete Batch Plant Project and instructed staff to draft a letter noting timeline and permit inconsistencies to accompany the module.
Why it matters: several items (Demary, Crum-Prascus, Tresco) carry planning or legal conditions—changes to rights-of-way, deed transfers, recorded easements, and requested modifications to the Township's Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance (SALDO)—that will require supervisor review or recorded documents before final approvals. The Commission set a procedural next step on each contested item and adjourned at 9:05 p.m.
