Zoning & Subdivision Review Committee

Meeting Minutes

Tuesday – April 22, 2003 – 6:30 p.m. at the MCRPC Offices
2491 Highland Road – Hermitage, PA (724) 981-2412

Members Present	Others Present
Samuel Scott, Chairman	Denny Puko, Executive Director - MCRPC
Fred Brenner	Andrew Dash, Planner - MCRPC
James L. Hogan
Clifford McCandless
Burroughs Price
Ron Faull

Mr. Scott, Chairman, called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. A quorum was present. Mr. Scott noted that the Minutes of the March 18, 2003 meeting were mailed prior to tonight’s meeting and there being no additions, corrections, or deletions, the Minutes stand approved as mailed.

N E W B U S I N E S S

1. Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment – City of Hermitage – Mr. Puko explained that we received a request from the City of Hermitage to change the current front setbacks of 50 feet in the Central Commercial (CC-1 & CC-2) district, 60 feet in the Institutional (IN and IN-2) district, and 90 feet in the Highway Commercial (HC) district to 25 feet. He noted that the City of Hermitage provides the front setback to be measured from the future right-of-way. There are many streets in Hermitage where the future right-of-way defined is greater than the legal right-of-way. Reducing setbacks would allow businesses to locate closer to the street, making the developments more aesthetically pleasing by making the buildings the focus of the street instead of the parking lots. By reducing these setbacks, new businesses can come into existing shopping plazas, bringing new life into some of the older plazas, whose expansive parking lots are rarely used to full capacity. This allows for denser commercial development in the commercial centers, instead of commercial activity spreading out into undeveloped or residential lands throughout the City.

A motion was made by Mr. McCandless and seconded by Dr. Brenner to recommend approval of the proposed zoning text amendment. The motion passed.

ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business to conduct, the meeting adjourned at 6:45 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Dennis G. Puko,

Executive Director

 

Mercer County Regional Planning Commission
2491 Highland Road, Hermitage, PA 16148
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