Zoning & Subdivision Review Committee

Meeting Minutes

Tuesday – May 15, 2001 – 7:30 p.m.
MCRPC Offices, 2491 Highland Road – Hermitage, PA

Members Present	Others Present
Samuel Scott, Chairman	Dan Gracenin, Senior Planner
James Rollinson, Vice-Chairman	Dennis G. Puko, Executive Director
Jim Hogan	Peggy Heldorfer, Assoc. Planner
Chuck Garrett	Jeremy Coxe, Planner
Ron Faull	Dennis & Sally Ford
Burroughs Price	Norm Straub
	Gerald R. Fry

Mr. Scott, Chairman, called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. A quorum was present. Mr. Scott noted that the Minutes of the April 17, 2001 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. Preliminary Plan – Country Village Estates – Lots 166-170 and two replatted lots plus new streets and utilities – Hempfield Township – Mr. Puko reviewed this with the Committee noting that this preliminary plan of Gerald Fry is for 5 new lots and 2 replatted lots located in Hempfield Township near the Greenville Plaza. He noted that this subdivision includes construction of two new streets and public water and sewer would serve these lots. He noted that Hayfield Road would serve as a temporary turnaround with the potential to continue on and open up other future properties, which Mr. Fry owns. All lots conform to the requirements of the Hempfield Township Zoning Ordinance, streets and utilities meet the requirements of the Mercer County Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, with one minor adjustment in the street specs. Mr. Fry will need to submit additional water system construction details and documentation of approvals by the Township for all of the utilities, in order to gain authorization to construct streets and utilities prior to the final plan. It was noted that the Storm Water Management Plan is not required until final plan.

A motion was made by Mr. Price and seconded by Mr. Garrett to recommend approval of this preliminary plan with further authorization to construct the road and utilities contingent upon receipt of the additional construction details and approvals. The motion passed.

2. Zoning Ordinance Map Amendment - Rezoning Requests – Otter Creek Township – Mr. Gracenin reviewed this with the Committee noting that two property owners in Otter Creek Township requested rezoning two properties at different locations from R-1 Agricultural-Residential to B-1 Business-Highway. One would be along the north side of Hadley Road and the other along both sides of Donation Road near the Township’s southern border. The amendment addresses requests of two of the property owners plus requests from the Township itself and extends the existing business zone. He stated that these two rezoning requests fit in with the types of uses permitted in the B-1 Business-Highway District. He noted that Otter Creek Township’s Zoning Ordinance is unique, in that they do allow residential within their business district.

A motion was made by Mr. Hogan and seconded by Mr. Rollinson to recommend approval of the two rezoning requests. The motion passed.

3. Preliminary Plan – Filer Plumbing, Heating & Construction, Inc. – Lots 1-38 plus a new street and utilities – Pine Township – Mr. Puko reviewed this with the Committee noting that this subdivision is located off of Irishtown Road and would be for 38 lots and a new street and public sewers on 27-acres. The developer is proposing a looping street system that would leave Irishtown Road, go into the property and come back to Irishtown Road, which would open up 38 lots for development. After reviewing the preliminary plan, it was noted that the street meets construction requirements except in areas has less than the 1% minimum slope required in the County Subdivision Ordinance, which could be corrected in a form of a modification.

It was also noted that the lots, with the exception of 6, meet the requirements of the Pine Township Zoning Ordinance. Size lots are smaller than the minimum lot area.

Mr. Straub, the developer requested a modification of the 1% slope requirement because of the extreme flatness of the land and the ability to handle drainage without using fill to create a slope.

A motion was made by Mr. Price and seconded by Mr. Garrett to recommend approval of the modification request for less than 1% slope requirement on the road. The motion passed.

A motion was made by Mr. Hogan and seconded by Mr. Faull to recommend approval of the preliminary plan with the understanding that Township zoning approval will be needed of the 6 lots with less than required lot area. The motion passed.

4. Zoning Ordinance Map Amendment - Rezoning Request – Borough of Grove City – Mr. Coxe presented a request to rezone a small lot on West Main Street in the Borough from R-1 Residential Single-Family to HC Highway Commercial. He noted that the property in question and adjacent property owned by the Borough are zoned Residential, while properties in the Borough and Pine Township are zoned Commercial and the West Main Street corridor in general is zoned Commercial. He noted that the Grove City Borough Planning Commission had reviewed this rezoning request and recommended that all of the Borough property be rezoned to Highway Commercial. Grove City Borough Planning Commission forwarded this rezoning request to Grove City Borough Council for their review and approval.

A motion was made by Mr. Rollinson and seconded by Mr. Price to recommend approval of this rezoning request with the additional recommendation that the Borough owned property be also rezoned to be uniform with the surrounding area. The motion passed.

 

ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business to conduct, the meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Dennis G. Puko,
Executive Director

 

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