USC commissioners discuss business development
Upper St. Clair’s Director of Planning and Community Development Adam Benigni provided an update on several upcoming public hearings during the March 27 informational meeting of the USC commissioners.
Scheduled for the board’s April 3 regular meeting is the continuation of a public hearing for 145 McMurray Road, the site of Dunkin Donuts, for nonresidential conditional use approval to allow two restaurants to be located within 400 feet of another restaurant. The applicant, Michael Orie, wants to operate a Baskins Robbins store adjacent to Dunkin Donuts.
Several new public hearings are scheduled for April 3. An initial public hearing for unified conditional use preliminary and final land development approval for 1353, 1355, 1357, and 1361 McLaughlin Run Road. The applicant, Thomas A. Robinson Family, LLC is seeking to consolidate the four lots into one lot, add an addition to the existing commercial building, and repaving the parking lot.
An initial public hearing for a zoning map amendment to rezone properties at 1345, 1351, 1365, 1371, 1373, 1377 McLaughlin Run Road and X, 1322 Cook School Road from RM Restricted Light Industrial District and R-LI Low Intensity Residential District to RM Restricted Light Industrial District is scheduled for April 3. The township filed the application to mitigate future issues that could arise from split zoning in the corridor.
Also scheduled is an initial public hearing for tentative approval of Friendship Village Planned Residential Development Phase VI, consisting of a three-phase development of an assisted living/memory support building, skilled nursing building, and independent living building at 1290 Boyce Road.
The board is expected during its April 3 meeting to establish a public hearing date regarding an amendment to the township code entitled “Special Business – Mixed Use District” to remove the requirement for street lights along residential streets. The amendment would relate to the residential portion of Sienna at St. Clair. The business area of the development would still have street lights, as would the intersection of Sienna Drive and Lucca Lane. The change would affect the residential portion of 12 townhomes and 21 patio homes.
In other business, the board approved May 1 as the public hearing date for tentative approval for Laurel Place Planned Residential Development, a 36 unit townhome development at 1320 Mayview Road.
The board also voted to establish May 1 as the public hearing date for the application for transfer of liquor license for Apericena, LLC, for 100 Sienna Drive.