The Palmer Township Planning Commission is considering plans to demolish a dental office and replace it with a bank at a busy intersection on Route 248.
Strausser Enterprises has proposed developing a Chase Bank at Nazareth and Kingston Roads across from the Sheetz gas station in Palmer Township, according to meeting minutes from the Oct. 14 planning commission meeting.
Fabey Dental would be demolished to make way for the bank, the minutes say.
The planners voted 7-0 at the meeting to table the proposal to allow the developer to address some technical concerns, including traffic flow and sight distances at the driveway, and the brightness of an illuminated sign.
Representatives from Fabey Dental didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment. Strausser was represented at the meeting by Bohler Engineering, which didn’t immediately reply to an email seeking comment.
The 15,000-square-foot dental office would be torn down to make way for a 3,500-square-foot bank with a drive-through lane, new parking, sidewalks and stormwater management facilities.
The township zoning hearing board previously granted a special exception for the drive-through use.
Don Peters of Bohler Engineering said the site includes about 60 more parking spaces than required and said the business’s sign complies with township ordinances, according to the meeting minutes.
The plan will return at a later date for a recommendation from the planning commission. Then, it heads to the township supervisors for final approval.
A Chase Bank is proposed at Kingston Road and Route 248 in Palmer Township, the site of Fabey Dental.Rudy Miller | For lehighvalleylive.com
Rear view of Fabey Dental at Kingston Road and Route 248 in Palmer Township.Rudy Miller | For lehighvalleylive.com
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