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Building projects receive approval

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WAYNESBURG – Greene County Planning Commission granted preliminary approval Monday to plans by the JRRE Corp. to construct a building on Route 88 in Monongahela Township to house a block plant.

The company proposes constructing the 17,400-square-foot, metal building on property it owns behind the Gray Manor Auction building on the east side of Route 88.

The construction will disturb 0.75 of an acre of land. Plans call for the development of 60 parking spaces at the site.

The commission granted plan acceptance and preliminary approval. Among items that must completed by the developer before final approval is granted are approval of a highway occupancy permit update and submittal of an erosion and sedimentation control plan and a storm water management plan.

The commission also granted preliminary approval to plans by Nabors Well Service to construct a 2,800 square foot storage building at its Dry Tavern Storage Yard on Route 188 in Jefferson Township.

Plan acceptance and preliminary approval were granted. To receive final approval, the developer must submit an approved storm water management plan and update its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit.

Greene County Planner Jeremy Kelly reported he has received several complaints from residents about Sheetz Inc. moving ahead with a project to construct a new building at its Cumberland Township store without having final commission approval.

Kelly said the company is currently completing work at the store related to its gasoline pumps and fuel storage system that is not related to the building project.

Sheetz plans to build a new store at the site almost twice the size of the existing store that will feature an inside dining room, drive-through window and an expanded food menu.

The commission early last year granted the project conditional final approval while the company awaited a new highway occupancy permit for the store; however, when the matter still hadn’t been resolved in June the commission rescinded the approval.

Rescinding the conditional final approval will mean the company must come back to the commission for final approval once it receives the highway occupancy permit. The company had set no timetable for work on the project to begin.

Kelly also reported he has received calls regarding construction of cellular telephone towers in Richhill, Gray and Morris townships. A consulting company has made an inquiry regarding towers in those townships; however, no details have been provided or applications filed with the county planning office, he said.

The commission’s next meeting is tentatively scheduled for Feb. 3.

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