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Meeder Phase 2 and 3 Revisions Return to Planning Commission Amid Renewed Resident Complaints

2026-05-26 · 1310 words
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Key Actions & Decisions

  • • Commission approved minutes of the April 27, 2026 meeting, 4-0.
  • • Commission received the Planning & Development Services Monthly Report for April 2026.
  • • Charter Homes and Neighborhoods, represented by Anthony Faranda-Diedrich, presented a conceptual plan review for "an adjustment to allow for revisions to Final Phases 2 and 3" of Meeder along Rochester Road; no vote was taken, as is standard for a conceptual plan review.
  • • Seven residents spoke during public comment, raising delivery access, semi-truck traffic and parking monitoring on Tillary Lane, emergency vehicle access, a street wall/fencing and archway, a vehicle-damaging bump-out, mixed-use tenant interest, common space in east Phase 3, and the proximity of an east townhouse building to a barn and sidewalk connection.
  • • Ron Henshaw, director of Planning & Development Services, gave Board of Supervisors and Neighborhood Forum updates and an items-of-interest presentation; the minutes record no further detail on either.
  • • Meeting adjourned at 7:11 p.m., 4-0.

The Cranberry Township Planning Advisory Commission reviewed a conceptual plan from Charter Homes and Neighborhoods to revise Final Phases 2 and 3 of the Meeder development along Rochester Road on May 26, 2026, and heard from seven residents about truck traffic, parking, emergency access and building placement.

People
Jim Feath (Member, Cranberry Township Planning Advisory Commission) Susan Rusnak (Member, Cranberry Township Planning Advisory Commission) Ron Henshaw (Director, Planning & Development Services, Cranberry Township) John Morgan (Member, Cranberry Township Planning Advisory Commission) Todd Bookwalter (Member, Cranberry Township Planning Advisory Commission) Nancy Auer (Recording Secretary, Cranberry Township Planning Advisory Commission) Anna Richard (Planning & Development Specialist, Cranberry Township)