A revised plan to build 102 townhomes on Bilmar Drive was approved Monday night by the Robinson Township Board of Commissioners.
The board had approved a preliminary/final subdivision plan and site plan application last August for Bilmar Estates, but at that time, the project called for 88 townhomes with unit sizes of 22 feet by 30 feet and 24 feet by 30 feet.
The revised plan adds 14 more townhomes, all 20 feet by 30 feet, on the 39.4-acre site. That’s about a 16% increase in the size of the project in terms of the number of units.
The project developer – Gary Kisow – will be required to update the project’s traffic impact study to reflect the increased trips associated with the 14 additional townhomes. Kisow also must provide updated utility will-serve letters as the previous letters either expired and/or require new approval for the additional dwelling units.
Kisow also will need to submit a separate land development application for the nearly half-mile extension of Bilmar Drive.
According to township engineer Michael Meyer, the state Department of Transportation will need to approve a proposed traffic light and a highway occupancy permit for access to Steubenville Pike, also known as Route 60.
Kisow said Tuesday that he’s trying to obtain approval from the Allegheny County Conservation District for the property, which he said was a former coal mine site, but getting the district to sign off the project has been slow going.
“We’re trying to reclaim the mine site to provide housing,” he said. “But it’s a never-ending process.”
Bilmar Estates was one of three development projects that came before the commissioners at Monday’s monthly meeting.
The board also adopted resolutions approving revisions to two other projects – Maronda Homes’ 130-acre plan off Beaver Grade Road and a multifamily low-rise apartment complex known as the Peak at Robinson.
The Maronda Homes project calls for 122 single-family homes and 111 townhouse lots east of The Mall at Robinson and south of Costco. Commissioners approved the final site plan and subdivision application for that project in February but needed to revise its sewage facilities plan and send it to the state Department of Environmental Protection for its consideration.
Similar action was taken for The Peak at Robinson, to be built off Montour Church Road. That project, which has been in the planning process for more than two years, is envisioned to include two four-story buildings, each with 80 one-bedroom dwelling units and 20 two-bedroom units for a total of 200 units
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