Township News

The following is the schedule of 2025 reorganization meetings for Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The purpose of the meetings will be for election of officers and any other business that may properly come before the respective Board, Council, Committee or Commission.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS – Monday, January 6, 2025 at 6:30 P.M.
BOARD OF AUDITORS – Tuesday, January 7, 2025, at 5:30 P.M.
PLANNING COMMISSION – Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 6:30 P.M.
ZONING HEARING BOARD – Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 7:00 P.M.
PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION – Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 6:00 P.M.
ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL – Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 6:00 P.M.
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY/SEWAGE TREATMENT AUTHORITY – Monday, January 6, 2025 at 6:00 P. M.

The Municipal Authority/Sewage Treatment Authority will meet in the Water/Sewer Building located at 4774 Saucon Creek Road, Center Valley, PA. All other meetings will be held in the Upper Saucon Township Municipal Building located at 5500 Camp Meeting Road, Center Valley, PA.

All meetings are open to the public and interested parties are encouraged to attend.

Upper Saucon Township
Thomas F. Beil
Township Manager

Notice is hereby given that the Board of
Supervisors of Upper Saucon Township intends
to appoint the certified public accounting firm of
Zelenkofske Axelrod, LLC to replace the elected
Board of Auditors for the purpose of conducting
an examination of all the accounts of Upper
Saucon Township for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2024.

The Board will consider
this appointment at a public meeting to be held
on Monday, January 6, 2025 at 6:30 pm in the
Township Municipal Building, 5500 Camp
Meeting Road, Center Valley, PA.

Upper Saucon Township
Thomas F. Beil
Township Manager

The proposed 2025 Annual Budget of Upper Saucon Township,
Lehigh County, PA, is available for public inspection at the Upper
Saucon Township Municipal Building at 5500 Camp Meeting Road,
Center Valley, PA 18034 during normal business hours. Final adoption
of the 2025 Budget will be considered at the regular meeting of the
Upper Saucon Township Board of Supervisors on Monday, December
16, 2024 at 6:30 pm at the Upper Saucon Township Municipal Building.

Upper Saucon Township
Thomas F. Beil, Secretary

The Yard Waste/Compost center was closed in the interest of public safety on Saturday, November 9, 2024 due to a brush fire. The site will reopen on Tuesday, November 12th, 2024 under the normal fall/winter schedule.

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors of Upper Saucon Township will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 6:30 PM in the Township Municipal Building, 5500 Camp Meeting Road, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The purpose of the hearing is to consider the request of Ronald and Faye Schuler for an exemption from the well isolation distance requirement of 25 Pa. Code 73.13 in order to locate an on-lot sewage disposal system closer than 100 feet to a private well and for a waiver from the requirement of 25 Pa. Code 72.33(c)(1) in order to forgo the submission of an appropriate groundwater study in connection with the aforementioned exemption request. The Schulers propose to install a replacement on-lot sewage disposal system on the property located at 6663 Vera Cruz Road in Upper Saucon Township. Components of the replacement on-lot sewage disposal system will be located approximately 47 feet from an existing well on the same property. This request is made pursuant to 25 Pa. Code 73.3(b) and 72.33(b). The hearing will be conducted pursuant to the Local Agency Act and Resolution No. 2005-38.
Copies of the request and all related supporting documents may be examined and/or obtained at the Township Municipal Building during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Interested individuals may appear at the public hearing to comment on the request.
Upper Saucon Township
Thomas F. Beil, Township Manager

Notice is hereby given that a SPECIAL meeting of the Zoning Hearing Board of Upper Saucon Township, is scheduled at the Municipal Building, 5500 Camp Meeting Road, Center Valley, PA on Wednesday November 13, 2024 at 7:00 P.M. for the purpose of hearing for the following appeals, continued from October 7, 2024:

APPEAL NO. 2024-12 (Continued) – Old Saucon Builders (Applicant) and Michael & Jean Upton (Owners), 4453 Stonebridge Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015. The property, identified as Tax Map Parcel 642547237493 1, also known as 4453 Stonebridge Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015, is .19 acres in size and located in the OSR/AQC Overlay Zones. The applicant is requesting a variance from Section 214.C.4 to maintain a 463 sq ft patio with a rear yard setback of 5’ where a minimum of 15’ is required.

APPEAL NO. 2024-13 (Continued) – Old Saucon Builders (Applicant) and James & Kathy Hollyday (Owners), 4489 Stonebridge Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015. The property, identified as Tax Map Parcel 642547200830 1, also known as 4489 Stonebridge Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015, is .18 acres in size and located in the OSR/AQC Overlay Zones. The applicant is requesting a variance from Section 214.C.4 to maintain a 385 sq ft patio with a rear yard setback of 5’ where a minimum of 15’ is required.

APPEAL NO. 2024-14 (Continued) – Old Saucon Builders (Applicant) and Thomas & Joanne Stathos (Owners), 4521 Old Saucon Road, Bethlehem, PA 18015. The property, identified as Tax Map Parcel 642537903187 1, also known as 4521 Old Saucon Road, Bethlehem, PA 18015, is .20 acres in size and located in the OSR/AQC Overlay Zones. The applicant is requesting a variance from Section 214.C.4 to maintain a 230 sq ft patio with a rear yard setback of 6’ where a minimum of 15’ is required.

APPEAL NO. 2024-15 (Continued) – Old Saucon Builders (Applicant) and Anthony & Myra St. John (Owners), 4504 Old Saucon Road, Bethlehem, PA 18015. The property, identified as Tax Map Parcel 642537709877 1, also known as 4504 Old Saucon Road, Bethlehem, PA 18015, is .19 acres in size and located in the OSR/AQC Overlay Zones. The applicant is requesting a variance from Section 214.C.4 to maintain a 200 sq ft patio with a rear yard setback of 7’ where a minimum of 15’ is required.

Complete Zoning Appeal files may be examined at the Upper Saucon Township Municipal Building located at 5500 Camp Meeting Road, Center Valley, Pennsylvania, during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Questions should be directed to the Zoning Officer, Trent J. Sear, at 610-282-1171 ext. 1254.

UPPER SAUCON TOWNSHIP
ZONING HEARING BOARD
MICHAEL DEPAOLIS, CHAIRMAN

Saturday, November 23, 2024
08:00am to 12:30pm

Hopewell Park
4695 W. Hopewell Rd
Center Valley, PA 18034

Acceptable materials are: Oil-based paints, solvents, motor oil, antifreeze, fertilizer, pesticides, herbicides, household cleaning products, aerosols, degreasers, etc.

Not acceptable materials are: Latex paints, tires, propane tanks, electronics, appliances, medical waste, gas cylinders.

Upper Saucon Residents only. No commercial or business drop-offs will be accepted. Registration is free; however, the number of participants will be limited.

Click To Register: https://www.uppersaucon.org/event/household-hazardous-waste-recycling-event-3/

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors of Upper Saucon Township will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 6:30 PM in the Township Municipal Building, 5500 Camp Meeting Road, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The purpose of the hearing is to consider the request of Charles Ruppert for an exemption from the well isolation distance requirement of 25 Pa. Code 73.13 in order to locate an on-lot sewage disposal system closer than 100 feet to a private well and for a waiver from the requirement of 25 Pa. Code 72.33(c)(1) in order to forgo the submission of an appropriate groundwater study in connection with the aforementioned exemption request. Mr. Ruppert proposes to install a replacement on-lot sewage disposal system on the property located at 5271 Vera Cruz Road in Upper Saucon Township. Components of the replacement on-lot sewage disposal system will be located approximately 78 feet from an existing well on the same property. This request is made pursuant to 25 Pa. Code 73.3(b) and 72.33(b). The hearing will be conducted pursuant to the Local Agency Act and Resolution No. 2005-38.
Copies of the request and all related supporting documents may be examined and/or obtained at the Township Municipal Building during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Interested individuals may appear at the public hearing to comment on the request.

Upper Saucon Township
Thomas F. Beil, Township Manager

     PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Zoning Hearing Board (ZHB) of Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, is scheduled at the Municipal Building located at 5500 Camp Meeting Road, Center Valley, PA on Monday November 4, 2024 at 7:00 P.M. for the purpose of hearing the following appeals:

APPEAL NO. 2024-17 – Daria & Pawel Markowski (Applicants/Owners), 6160 Patrick Lane, Coopersburg PA 18036. The property, identified as Tax Map Parcel 641381309382 1, also known as 6160 Patrick Lane, Coopersburg, PA 18036, is 1.13 acres in size and located in the R-1 Zone. The applicant is appealing ZEN 2024-10 and requesting a variance from Section 211.I (as amended by Ordinance 141-A) to maintain a +/- 369 sq ft shed with rear/side yard setbacks of 3’/0’ where a minimum of 15’ is required.

APPEAL NO. 2024-18 – James K. Delahay, Jr. (Applicant/Owner) 6006 Domarray Street, Coopersburg, PA 18036. The property, identified as Tax Map Parcel 641480427835 1, also known as 6006 Domarray Street, Coopersburg, PA 18036, is .46 acres in size and located in the R-2 Zone. The applicant is requesting an interpretation of the Zoning Officer’s determination that a swim spa and a hot tub built into an existing patio attached to the house shall meet the principal use setbacks as well as remain outside the 35’ Building Restriction Line (BRL) identified on the Ray Mar Farms record plan. In the alternative, the applicant requests variances from Section 212.H (as amended by Ordinance 141-K) to allow rear yard setbacks of 15’ – 20’ for the hot tub, swim spa and patio where a setback of 30’ is required and to allow these portions of the principal structure within the 35’ BRL.

APPEAL NO. 2024-19 – Robert & Allison Brink (Applicants/Owners), 7763 Carlton Road, Coopersburg PA 18036. The property, identified as Tax Map Parcel 643453003043 1, also known as 7763 Carlton Road, Coopersburg, PA 18036, is 16.11 acres in size and located in the R-1 Zone. The applicant is requesting variances from Sections 211.B.12.j, 452.B, 452.D and 452.E to establish and permit an Integrated Family Dwelling Unit without a direct interior connection to the principal dwelling, that is not restricted to an elderly, handicapped, disabled or caregiving family member and which may contain separate cooking facilities/major cooking appliances and fuel or energy service.

The Zoning Appeal files may be examined at the Upper Saucon Township Municipal Building located at 5500 Camp Meeting Road, Center Valley, Pennsylvania, during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Questions should be directed to the Zoning Officer, Trent J. Sear, at 610-282-1171 ext. 1254.

UPPER SAUCON TOWNSHIP
ZONING HEARING BOARD
MICHAEL DEPAOLIS, CHAIRMAN

Sewer Work

A contractor for the Township, Snyder Environmental, will be working in the area of Oakhurst Drive near Bittersweet Road and Juniper Drive and along areas of Center Valley Parkway lining the sewer main through manholes. There is no impact to sewer service.  Equipment will be located on the township streets. They will be making direct contact with residents if driveways could be blocked. If you have any questions, please contact the Water and Sewer Office at (610) 694-8680.