BETHLEHEM TWP., Pa. – The Bethlehem Township Planning Commission tabled a subdivision plan for a cluster housing development Monday night at the municipal building.
The proposal, offered by Jaindl Land Co. and known as Farmersville Estates, calls for single-family homes on 190 building lots on 290 acres by Nazareth Pike, Farmersville Road, Butztown Road and Green Pond Road —north of Route 22. The lot is currently agricultural farmed land and rests in the township’s Agricultural Zoning district.
Of the 290 acres which consist of four parcels, 214 acres rest in Bethlehem Township. Three of the four parcels are north of Route 22 and are bounded by Hecktown Road to the west and Farmersville Road to the east, Route 22 to the south and undeveloped property to the north. The municipal boundary between Bethlehem Township and Lower Nazareth Township is located immediately north of the parcels. The four parcels will be consolidated…