NORTH WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. — A plan for a 72-unit apartment complex on Levans Road has cleared its final township hurdle.
Supervisors voted 2-1 at Monday's meeting to approve a final plan for Timberidge Luxury Apartments. Board Chairman Al Geosits was the dissenting vote.
- The final plan for Timberidge Luxury Apartments on Levans Road was approved by North Whitehall's Board of Supervisors Monday
- The 72-unit apartment complex will have six three-story buildings
- The board tabled the plan at its July meeting its after disagreements about whether the developer should be required to construct a sidewalk along Levans Road
Timberidge Luxury Apartments will have six buildings, each three stories high with a parking garage on the lower level.
The development will be on a 7.5-acre property at 2376 Levans Road, near the Northern Valley Emergency Ambulances Services station.
Supervisors previously approved a final plan for the development, but it's been revised.
The development was going to be a 55-plus community, but developer Lee Goldstein's engineer said at a previous meeting that plans changed because of market conditions.
The new plan has fewer units than the previous plan because developers are allowed to put more units in housing developments for 55-plus residents.
Sidewalk or path?
Geosits argued at the board’s July meeting that Goldstein should be required to install curbing and a sidewalk along Levans Road.
Township law typically requires curbing and sidewalk installment in the area. But the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), which owns Levans Road, doesn't recommend curbing and sidewalk installation there.
The board was unable to come to a decision at that meeting because Supervisor Ronald Heintzelman attended via phone and could not hear the discussion.
At Monday's meeting, Heintzelman and Supervisor Dennis Klusaritz voted to let Goldstein construct a macadam path along Levans Road instead of a sidewalk.
That followed the recommendation the township Planning Commission gave at its May meeting.
Supervisors also granted a deferral for the curbing requirement, meaning if PennDOT decides in the future that Levans Road should have curbing, the developer would be required to install it.
