North Lebanon Township officials approve plans for new 38 lot residential development
The North Lebanon Township Board of Supervisors approved the final subdivision plan for Mapledale Estates, a new single-family residential development to be located on 17 acres between the Briar Lake 55+ community and Maple Acres Greenhouse, on the north side of East Maple Street.
Plans for the development show 38 quarter-acre lots.
S. Gerald Musser Builder LLC, who has completed prior developments in South Lebanon Township and West Cornwall Township, and has active developments in South Londonderry Township, and Dauphin County, received prior approval from the Lebanon County Planning Department before submitting the plan to the township supervisors.
Board chairman Edward Brensinger noted that the builder began excavation work on the property prior to approval being granted for the plan. He also said the farmhouse on the property is occupied and is not included in the development plan.
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A nearby residential development, Town's Edge, previously approved by the board is currently under construction along North Eighth Avenue.
The supervisors also gave approval to the plan of P&S Country Garden 6-Pack Restaurant Inc., a franchise restaurant currently operating at 1600 Cumberland Street in North Cornwall Township, to transfer its Pennsylvania liquor license to 2631 Cumberland Street in North Lebanon Township. The building at 2631 Cumberland Street formerly housed the Country Cupboard grocery store.
The North Lebanon supervisors approved the transfer previously, but Makara Mam, owner of P&S Country Garden 6-Pack Restaurant Inc. later decided to add an attached leasable retail space to its building at 2631 Cumberland St., so his attorney Megan Ryland-Tanner, and the township solicitor, Amy Leonard, thought it would be best to approve the revised plan to avoid any challenge by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, when it reviews the application.
At the request of township manager, Cheri Grumbine, the board passed a resolution to approve changes to the township's policy on public meetings, to comply with changes made to the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act, that now requires a municipality to post its meeting agenda on its website and at the meeting place 24 hours in advance of the meeting.
The board also approved setting a fee of $45 for the delivery of five cubic yards of mulch from the township's yard waste recycling facility to a residential or commercial property in the township. There is no charge for the mulch.
The township renewed the license of the non-profit group, Green Education Foundation, for its drop-off bin, with solar lighting, at the southwest corner of the Lebanon Valley Mall parking lot. The Foundation accepts clothing and other goods.
Thomas Jones and Coryn Foster were sworn in by Brensinger as new North Lebanon Township fire police officers and they were presented with their badges. Fire Police Lieutenant Leroy Lutz asked the board if the purchase of a vehicle for the fire police is still being considered. Brensinger said the acquisition of the vehicle is something the township hopes to be able to do in the future.
This article originally appeared on Lebanon Daily News: N. Lebanon Twp officials approve plans for new residential development
