Council discusses development projects in southeastern Murrysville
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Murrysville council will hold a public hearing next month for Hillstone Village, a proposal to build 11 carriage homes and 20 single-family homes on 37 acres near the intersection of Claridge and Harrison City roads.
Bruce Corna, vice president of builder Kacin Companies, said the development would focus on “build-down” houses for people wanting to get out of larger homes, but remain in Murrysville.
Homes between 2,200 and 2,800 square feet are proposed along with a club house, pickle ball and shuffleboard courts.
Corna told planning commissioners early this summer that mounding, fencing and landscape work are planned along Claridge Road.
The project is a planned residential development, or PRD, which requires a zoning change, according to Murrysville Chief Administrator Jim Morrison.
Engineer Greg Korniodis of KU Resources said the intent of the PRD is to disturb the area as little as possible. He said the design completely avoids any wetland areas.
A significant portion of the site will be kept as meadow, Corna said, and no trees will be removed from that area, “to try and keep the design as non-invasive as possible,” he said.
Pedora plan addition
Council will also advertise an ordinance vacating unopened portions of certain streets in the Pedora housing plan in Murrysville’s White Valley neighborhood, paving the way for additional housing for senior citizens off the western end of Pennsylvania Street.
“All of these roads terminate at our property line,” said Charles Hergenroeder, an attorney representing the project. “None of them exist — they haven’t existed for 100 years, so the 21 years when you could put them in is long gone.”
The original 1912 plan of roads for that section of the property can barely be seen on Google Maps, showing up as just slightly lighter green than the surrounding area.
“As far as I know, they come nowhere near any other property that would have an interest,” Hergenroeder said. “They’re right in the middle of our property, and they don’t go anywhere.”
That said, the road property technically still belongs to the municipality.
“It’s an R-3 (high-density residential) zone and we’re looking at following the demographic report and council saying they’d like more senior housing,” Hergenroeder said. “That’s what we’re looking to accomplish here.”
Council voted unanimously to advertise the ordinance, which will be brought back for a vote in October.