South Fayette Twp. discusses electronic sign amendment
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Commissioners in South Fayette Township are in the first stages of discussion on regulating electronic signs in the township.
At the board’s workshop meeting last week, township manager Ryan Eggleston said his staff started to talk about the subject, and recommended the planning commission take a more in-depth look at electronic signs. Eggleston said there was discussion on the staff level of prohibiting the use of electronic signs in the township.
“We looked at other municipalities like Upper St. Clair,” Eggleston said. Upper St. Clair has a ban on electronic signs.
“We don’t have that many,” Eggleston said, adding that the amendment would be to the township’s zoning ordinance with regard to signs.
After the planning commission reviews the matter, it will go to the board of commissioners for final approval.
Also at the meeting, Jerry Brown of the township’s municipal sewer authority asked commissioners to consider allowing for an easement for the installation of sewer lines in Boys’ Home Park.
“We (the municipal authority) are asking for an easement so we can construct a gravity sewer to eliminate the pump station,” Brown said. He said it would make sense to construct the sewer than to upgrade the pump station, which was built in the late 1980s.
“The design is essentially complete,” Brown said, adding the authority is far enough along to start getting permits from the state Department of Environmental Protection. He said the easement would go over about 1,000 feet of the township’s park.
“We’re looking to move forward with the project this summer,” he said
Although the new commercial development known as the Crossings of South Fayette was approved in March 2013, commissioners will have to vote to reinstate approvals for the development.
Township engineer Mike Benton said the approval must be reinstated because of a few “very minor” changes.
Developer Dale Greco of Bridgeville Realty Partners said the changes were mostly state-required and included adding a crosswalk and softening turns. The Crossings of South Fayette along Washington Pike near the Interstate 79 entrance is set to include an Aldi grocery store and several other tenants.