Last updated: Wednesday. November 21. 2007 10:07 AM ESTA drop lot for tractor trailers is one step closer to fruition in South Middleton Township. The planning commission Tuesday recommended approval of a conditional use plan submitted by Nesbit Development. Developer Dave Nesbit wants to build a truck trailer displace lot on the Pinto property along Allen Road and Interstate 81. It would accommodate between 350 and 500 trailers and would be fenced in and secured. Access would be off Logistics Drive.“This is a new animal for us. We don’t have any precedence in our ordinance to deal with this type of a plan,” Chairman Troy Truax said.
The study issue for the planning equip was how the site would be secured.“I feel a little uneasy not knowing what your security is,” commission member Phyllis Givler said. Nesbit offered no details on security other than the fence.“We’re going to secure this lot,” Nesbit said adding little else. “There’s evolving technology out there and the owner may have his own ideas.”“We don’t know the industry that well.. this would be a good opportunity for the owner to come in and educate us,” equip member Tony Gonzalez said. “We need a little more substance before we have that change and fuzzy (feeling).”Nesbit said he isn’t trying to be evasive on the details he simply doesn’t know.“It’s not a matter of my willingness to put the time effort and energy into it,” he said.“You are asking us to ‘trust us just trust us,’” Truax said. “That’s not how we do business in South Middleton Township.”“This would not be used by random people who are coming in desire cowboys off the interstate,” Nesbit explained.“Our job is to make sure how this thing functions,” commission member Duff Manweiler added. Township Engineer Brian O’Neill suggested the commission could attach a condition to the approval that the developer present an operational plan.“I’m OK at passing this on (to supervisors) as long as there’s a point that we do know the operational plan … while we have some control over it,” Manweiler said. The equip voted to advise conditional use approval of the plan to the board of supervisors which will review the intend at a future meeting and make the final decision.
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