The next increment of a zoning hearing concerning a large scale warehouse complex project in Cross Keys was pushed back again so the developer can alter the project’s plans.
The Hamilton Township Zoning Hearing Board convened briefly August 26, 2024 to accept a motion for continuation from the attorney representing the developer, David Tshudy. https://www.facebook.com/communitymedia.net/videos/1044386003942640
Tshudy said the developer, NOBPA, LLC needed time “in order to amend the application and remove one of the buildings and simplify the matter for the board.”
When audience members complained of trouble hearing, John Baranski, the attorney who presides over the Zoning Hearing Board proceedings, stated that “Their request is to continue the hearing so the applicant can modify its application to remove one of the parcels from the application, that will no longer be subject to the request for a variance or special exception.”
The parties agreed to reconvene on October 28, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. in the meeting room of the United 33 Hook and Ladder building, 21 N. Bolton St. New Oxford, PA.
Neither the township’s representative nor Nathan Wolf — an attorney representing a group of objectors who claim they will be adversely affected if the special exception and variance for the project are granted — objected to the continuation.
Wolf requested that the parties have at least 45 days to review the revised plans and traffic study. There were 63 days between the date of the request and October 28, including October 28 itself.
Tshudy said the applicants would comply with that, or else be in contact the parties and the township if they could not.
The October 28 date will be the 6th time parties have convened for this hearing. The parties last met on two concurrent days, June 25 and 26 (https://gettysburgconnection.org/witnesses-cross-examined-for-hours-at-hearing-for-warehouse-development-in-cross-keys/ ) to hear witnesses and review documents including site plans and a traffic study commissioned by the developers.
The August 26 meeting was planned to include testimony from the objectors’ traffic expert.
The proposed project originally included two warehouses and two commercial buildings on a property that combines multiple parcels into a more than 180 acre lot.
The applicant, NOBPA, LLC, intends to develop the site through final approval then sell the project prior to construction and operation. The developers have said it is unclear what company will eventually operate the site if it is built.
During public comment periods, residents have voiced objection to the development project. Those in opposition worry that the amount of large truck traffic the complex would generate in the adjacent Cross Keys intersection, where Rts. 30 and 94 meet, could “paralyze” the intersection and diminish quality of life in the surrounding area.
Image: Screenshot showing the intersection of Rt. 30 and Rt. 94 from the Adams County Transportation Planning Organization interactive map.
Catalina Righter, freelance reporter, lives in New Oxford. She previously wrote for the Carroll County Times and the Kent County News, covering crime, education, local government and arts. She works as a legal assistant.