PLANNING COMMISSION
Minutes of the
Meeting #806 of the Hanover
Township Northampton County Planning Commission was held at the
Planning Commission members in
attendance:
Mark Tanczos
Joseph Hilton
Paul Kuehne
John McGonigle
Glenn Taggart
Hanover Engineering Associates,
Inc. represented by Charles M. Schmalzer, P.L.S.
Motion was made by Hilton,
seconded by Kuehne, approving the minutes of the
Hilton, yes; Kuehne,
yes; McGonigle, yes; Taggart, yes; Tanczos, yes
VALLEY VIEW ESTATES Phase I
Single-Family Detached Residential
Preliminary/Record Plan
Richard Gitter
(DeLuca Homes) Keith Lawler (Keystone Consulting
Engineers)
Revised plan proposes 25
residential lots, 1 detention basin lot, 1 open space lot, and 1 residual lot.
Existing basin will be
expanded....pond liner will be installed....side slopes will be 4:1....low flow
channels and three outlet control structures will be provided....pond will be
fenced. Modified basin will drain completely after a storm. Developer requests
allowance of water depth at 2.68’ for a 10-year storm. Maximum allowed is 2’.
Waiver is requested.
Chairman Tanczos
asked whether sanitary sewer can be provided for 7 existing Township homes
along
One acre of land will be donated
for Open Space/Recreation. This area will be regraded.
Verification needed for water
provision from the City of
VALLEY VIEW ESTATES
Two accesses are proposed.....Gwenmawr with
Kuehne
notes several lot/driveway discrepancies. These will be corrected.
Cross sections are requested for
proposed local roads.
Proposed sidewalks are shown on
both sides of the street. Adjacent Monocacy Farms has
sidewalk on one side. Planners are in favor of recommending a waiver to allow
sidewalks on one side of proposed streets.
Developer was requested to
address Shade Tree Commission comments.
Engineering issues will be
addressed.
LVCC II - LOT 4
Preliminary/Record Plan
Paul Szewczak
(
Proposed is a one-story 23,715
square foot multi-tenant medical office building. Boaz Surgical will be one of
the tenants.
Planner Kuehne
discussed the location and orientation of the building and its aesthetics.
Proposed driveway is coming into another private driveway. Traffic patterns
should be separated. Presently, WaWa’s traffic counts
are 62% higher. Szewczak advised the positioning of
the building offers the back tenants views of the ponds. Owner requested a
courtyard be created in front of the building.
In order to alleviate traffic on
the private driveway, Planners requested that a driveway off of
Developer was requested to
address Shade Tree Commission comments.
Engineering issues will be
addressed.
ENGINEER’S REPORT - PLANNING COMMISSION
Jaindl
has begun construction on
Zoning Hearing Board instructed
Westgate Utilities to come before the Planning Commission in September on their
request to erect a 24’ x 26’ water storage tank.
Township policy should be
established regarding traffic calming.
New proposal on watershed
regulations should be checked by Township Engineer.
Planners should attend Board of
Supervisors Workshop Meeting when Comprehensive Plan draft will be discussed.
Comprehensive Plan draft for the
Lehigh Valley Planning Commission was received. This will be an agenda item at
the September Planning Commission meeting.
Sylvia McLaughlin
Clerk - Planning Commission