Peters Township council votes down proposed housing development
Members of Peters Township council voted Monday against a proposed housing development after the developer requested the vote be delayed.
At issue was an 87.3-acre parcel of land at 231 Froebe Road, where Froebe Management had hoped to build 170 single-family homes.
In February council voted to remove the parcel, as well as 490 and 555 Sugar Camp Road, from the township’s conservation residential overlay district. The Sugar Camp Road properties were reverted to low density residential zoning.
Since Froebe submitted its plans before the change, it was able to have those plans considered under the previous zoning rules. At the time, council tabled the matter.
At Monday’s meeting, Froebe requested the vote be further delayed to June 13. However, that date is 36 days past the township’s 90-day deadline to take action.
“The plans were also denied,” said Township Manager Paul Lauer. “They were not in compliance with the existing township ordinances.”
Council also voted to remove two parcels of land along the 200 block of East McMurray Road from the mixed residential overlay district.
“What it does is remove the possibility of townhouses or multi-family homes, and returns it to low density,” Lauer said.