Hellertown Borough Council was shorthanded at Monday night’s meeting but approved a handful of important items. Sidewalks remained a significant conversation topic to close out the month of June.
339 Main Street Sidewalk Exemption
The longest discussion item of the night was an exemption request from Greg Peters, the owner of a property at 339 Main Street, who was on the agenda after a back-and-forth discussion related to a sidewalk and curb inspection letter he received from the borough’s zoning office.
Peters told council he received a letter months ago referencing Borough Ordinance 683 and directing him to have a sidewalk and curb inspection done. But by his reading of that ordinance, the inspection requirement at the time of a deed transfer falls on the property seller, not the buyer.
Peters said he learned only by checking the agenda that the borough had conducted a sidewalk inspection of his property on June 12. He pushed back on several findings he saw cited in the inspection documentation, including the curbing condition, hairline cracks in the concrete, vegetation in the expansion joints and an ADA ramp at the property line…