Health & Fitness
Jaindl Subdivision Hearing Before Twp. Commissioners Tonight
In question is the possibility of the construction of 4 million square feet of warehousing, 692 residential units and 443,000 square feet of commercial space.
On the agenda for tonight's is the Jaindl subdivision proposal of over 600 acres of farmland. It involves 4 million sq ft. of warehousing/industrialbuildings, 692 residential units and 443,000 sq ft. of commercial construction.
The 82-page, 4x3-foot subdivision plan is a physically massive document. Though many plans are presented in this fashion, none I've seen are physically as large or more troubling in terms of it's content. No plan in township history comes anywhere close to the sheer magnitude of this one. It's easily the largest most fundamentally game-changing in Lower Macungie Township's history.
Possible outcomes of tonight's meeting:
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1. BOC could decide to hold more meetings on the plan or
2. BOC could immediately vote on the proposal continuing to ram this through while the issue still remains in court.
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There are questions the township needs to answer before moving this forward that warrant more consideration:
- Jaindl may be paying for infrastructure needed to get the plan built, but when it's handed over to the township, how will we then pay for ongoing maintenance? Future upgrades? Inevitable intersection failures outside of the immediate vicinity, but directly related to the development? (Willow and Rt. 100)?
After Jaindl's initial victory, shockingly, our elected BOC appealed. What happens now? If the prevails and the court upholds the ruling, the ordinance will become invalid. If it's kicked back down, the court can be asked to rule on even more damning contract zoning and failure to amend the SW Lehigh Comprehensive plan charges. It's clear Jaindl with the BOC in lockstep are clearly ready to roll the dice.
The commissioners claim the agreement that led to this terrible option was to avert a quarry. I do not believe that a quarry anywhere close what was proposed would ever have been built.
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