PLANNING COMMISSION
Minutes of the July 12, 2004 Meeting
Meeting
#805 of the Hanover Township Northampton County Planning Commission was held at
the
Planning Commission
members in attendance:
Hanover
Engineering Associates, Inc. represented by James B. Birdsall, P.E.
Motion was made by
Tanczos, seconded by Kuehne, to approve the minutes as written of the
Hilton,
yes; Kuehne, yes; McGonigle, abstain; Taggart, yes; Fritz, abstain; Taggart,
yes; Tanczos, yes
MACADA HILL
SUBDIVISION -
Robert
Hoppes (Engineer/Surveyor) Jim Smoyer (Builder)
Grading Plan was
reviewed for proposed residential lot located within a Special Conservation
District.
Hoppes advised a note
will be added to plan (Zoning Section 185-22.C(g).
Driveway contour will be adjusted to 10%.
Owner desires to keep
as many trees as possible, therefore, the percentage
of woodland remaining after construction will be 65%.
Dimensions
of proposed building will be provided.
Motion was made by
Tanczos, seconded by Kuehne, to send a letter to the Board of Supervisors,
recommending Grading Plan for
Hilton,
yes; Kuehne, yes; McGonigle, yes; Taggart, yes; Fritz, yes; Scoggin, yes;
Tanczos, yes
FAULKNER SUBARU Revised Record Plan Architecturals
Amit
Mukherjee (Base Engineering) David Gilbert (Faulkner)
Revised plan
addresses Shade Tree Commission comments. Architecturals propose a second story
storage area, however, building height is not shown.
Mukherjee advised height is under the Township maximum stipulation of 38 feet.
Height should be added to plans submitted to the Board of Supervisors.
There is no change to
lighting.
Front
of proposed building will be 161 feet from
Motion was made by
Tanczos, seconded by McGonigle, to send a letter to the Board of Supervisors,
recommending approval of revised Record Plan for Faulkner Subaru, showing a
second floor addition of 3,808 square feet along with four (4) additional customers parking spaces.
Hilton,
yes; Kuehne, yes; McGonigle, yes; Taggart, yes; Fritz, yes; Scoggin, yes;
Tanczos, yes
David
Fehr (Main Street Development Group)
Submittal
reflects design changes made to Subdivision Plan, which had been conditionally
approved by the Board of Supervisors on
Elevation of noise
berm along Route 22 was discussed. Note on the plan had been changed, denoting
height is “approximate”, being determined by amount of excess on-site material.
Several lot elevations were changed due to grade changes for
Planner Scoggin noted
the homes proposed in the western two-thirds of this tract have no berm
protection and are directly open. No noise protection whatsoever will be
offered for them. This is poor design, poor planning and not acceptable.
Planners
requested that note be revised to read the berm heading west from
Chairman
Tanczos questioned the flatness along
Comments
were received from the Shade Tree Commission.
Engineering
issues, as outlined in letter from Hanover Engineering dated
Motion was made by
Tanczos, seconded by Kuehne, to send a letter to the Board of Supervisors,
recommending conditional approval of the revised Record Plan for Hanover
Pointe, pending satisfaction of the comments in the July 8, 2004 Hanover
Engineering letter, specifically revising the note about the berm and reviewing
the slope of the Blair Road/Ciara Drive intersection; the satisfaction of the
comments made by the City of Bethlehem in their letter dated June 24, 2004 ;
also, addressing comments made by the Shade Tree Commission in their letter
dated July 6, 2004.
Hilton,
yes; Kuehne, yes; McGonigle, yes; Taggart, yes; Fritz, yes; Scoggin, no;
Tanczos, yes
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
DRAFT
Courtesy of the floor
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Tom
Fiorini of
The
Park and Recreation Board will begin their revision of the Parks, Recreation
and Open Space Plan. Planner Hilton will represent the Planning Commission in
this endeavor.
Planner Hilton stated
this draft recommendation does not go far enough with regards to Open Space
directly under the flight path. Upon Planners discussion, the following
statement is recommended as Item #1 under GOALS - COMMERCIAL, BUSINESS AND
INDUSTRIAL AREAS on page II-2 -------
For
the purpose of maintaining the quality of life for Township residents,
landowners and those who work in the Township, it is recommended that a sizable
portion (for example 40%) of the land known as the proposed Aircraft Flightpath
Highway Business District (AFHBD) be conserved as Open Space. This land should
be located within the 65 bBA noise contour. The following considerations were
instrumental in developing this goal: safety, noise, overall density, recharge
of ground water, and the preservation of agricultural land.
Under GOALS -
TRANSPORTATION AND CIRCULATION - Page II-5
Planner Kuehne
commented traffic calming can slow down the traffic through the Township.
Specifics needed would be an Ordinance considering traffic calming methods and
traffic studies. An * should appear in front of #12 that would reference a note
added to the bottom of the page as follows: “NOTE: This will require an
amendment to the Township Codes and Ordinances.”
Planner Taggart offered the following
map comments:
Ladder symbol shown
at Asa Packer, WaWa, Gateway,
Birdsall
stated ladder at Asa Packer could be removed. Legend would show ladder for
private driveway.
The
direction of slash marks, indicating Special Conservation District, are
opposite of the key.
Motion was made by
Tanczos, seconded by Kuehne, to forward draft, pending changes, to the Board of
Supervisors.
Hilton,
yes; Kuehne, yes; McGonigle, yes; Taggart, yes; Fritz, yes; Scoggin, yes;
Tanczos, yes