17 January 2024
Moon Township Board of Supervisors and its boards · 41 subject tags
The Moon Township Planning Commission held its regular meeting on January 17, 2024, and voted unanimously on all business before it. The commission first approved the minutes from December 20, 2023, and then unanimously elected officers for the coming year: a chair, a vice-chair, and a secretary. An employee was also appointed temporary chair until the new chair was selected. The commission heard public comment from two residents, who voiced opposition to a zoning text amendment for the BP (Business Park) District. They argued the proposed changes would degrade protections they helped establish years ago, and that the process moved too quickly without enough study or notice to the Board of Supervisors. They also questioned the lack of a traffic study for the Nyetimber neighborhood. The commission then recommended approval of a rezoning application from Roboey for the parcel at Thorn Run Road (Lot 504-J-211), changing it from R-1 to R-2 to allow subdivision into three single-family lots. The applicant noted sight distance was acceptable, and staff found the change consistent with surrounding R-2 zoning. The vote was 5-0. The commission also recommended approval of a minor subdivision for Pittsburgh Farm Partners on Hookstown Grade Road. The applicant explained that a portion of the property would be donated to Hollow Oak Land Trust to connect neighborhoods with trails and open space. The vote was 5-0, with conditions tied to engineering and staff letters. The major item was a lengthy discussion on a zoning text amendment to revise the definition and standards for flex space in the BP District. Representatives from Continental and Chaska Property Advisors requested the amendment to attract modern tech-flex tenants that combine office, light manufacturing, and assembly uses—tenants they said they cannot recruit under current rules. The proposed changes included allowing up to 60,000 square feet of flex space per building, reducing the minimum office requirement from 50% to 35%, permitting limited warehousing and light manufacturing, setting a building height cap of 30 feet, and limiting loading docks to six. Town planning staff said the amendment would not allow large-scale distribution centers. The commission discussed clarifying definitions for light manufacturing and light distribution, removing the phrase “tractor trailers” from the loading dock limit, and reinforcing that labs remain a conditional use. It voted 5-0 to recommend approval, with the understanding that those clarifications would be incorporated. Finally, the commission reviewed and forwarded its 2023 annual report to the Board of Supervisors, as required by the FEC, before adjourning at 8:26 p.m.The Moon Township Planning Commission held its regular meeting on January 17, 2024, and voted unanimously on all business before it. The commission first approved the minutes from December 20, 2023, and then unanimously elected officers for the coming year: a chair, a vice-chair, and a secretary. An employee was also appointed temporary chair until the new chair was selected.
The commission heard public comment from two residents, who voiced opposition to a zoning text amendment for the BP (Business Park) District. They argued the proposed changes would degrade protections they helped establish years ago, and that the process moved too quickly without enough study or notice to the Board of Supervisors. They also questioned the lack of a traffic study for the Nyetimber neighborhood.
The commission then recommended approval of a rezoning application from Roboey for the parcel at Thorn Run Road (Lot 504-J-211), changing it from R-1 to R-2 to allow subdivision into three single-family lots. The applicant noted sight distance was acceptable, and staff found the change consistent with surrounding R-2 zoning. The vote was 5-0.
The commission also recommended approval of a minor subdivision for Pittsburgh Farm Partners on Hookstown Grade Road. The applicant explained that a portion of the property would be donated to Hollow Oak Land Trust to connect neighborhoods with trails and open space. The vote was 5-0, with conditions tied to engineering and staff letters.
The major item was a lengthy discussion on a zoning text amendment to revise the definition and standards for flex space in the BP District. Representatives from Continental and Chaska Property Advisors requested the amendment to attract modern tech-flex tenants that combine office, light manufacturing, and assembly uses—tenants they said they cannot recruit under current rules. The proposed changes included allowing up to 60,000 square feet of flex space per building, reducing the minimum office requirement from 50% to 35%, permitting limited warehousing and light manufacturing, setting a building height cap of 30 feet, and limiting loading docks to six. Town planning staff said the amendment would not allow large-scale distribution centers. The commission discussed clarifying definitions for light manufacturing and light distribution, removing the phrase “tractor trailers” from the loading dock limit, and reinforcing that labs remain a conditional use. It voted 5-0 to recommend approval, with the understanding that those clarifications would be incorporated.
Finally, the commission reviewed and forwarded its 2023 annual report to the Board of Supervisors, as required by the FEC, before adjourning at 8:26 p.m.
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