USC begins public hearings on Bedner Estates and former Consol site
Upper St. Clair Township Commissioners continued to Dec. 2 two public hearings that were begun on Nov. 4 which revisit two developments that have attracted a lot of public interest.
One public hearing was on a request to split into two parts the first phase of the Bedner Estates PRD development off Cook School Road. The other hearing was on a zoning map change and text amendment for rezoning of the former Consol property at 1800 Washington Road from Special Business District to Special Business-Mixed Use District.
The hearing on Bedner Estates was over a request to essentially split the first phase into two parts, dividing it between the two home builders. According to an attorney for the developer, the request would separate the phases into a 21-lot section for Thomas Homes and a 35-lot section for Heartland Homes.
Commissioners were told that Heartland Homes was ready to begin on their portion, but the Thomas Homes section was expected to be delayed until late 2014.
Several Bridgeville residents returned to the commissioners to repeat concerns about the already-approved development, from the effects of increased traffic on Bridgeville to water run-off from the development.
The proposed 136-lot Planned Residential Development in will have its main entrance on Cook School Road, across from Waterford Court.
In the other public hearing that began on Nov. 4 and is being continued to Dec. 2, commissioners held a hearing on a zoning map change and text amendment for the already-approved mixed-use development at the former Consol property on Route 19.
An attorney for the developer said the request is being made as a result of court challenges and appeals regarding the zoning text amendment that made the development possible. He said the permitted uses and rules for the site will be the same as they exist today, but they will be part of a re-zoning and new zoning district.
If approved, the site would move from being in a Special Business District to being in a Special Business-Mixed Use district.