After sitting through a 3-3 tie vote in June and the deferral of a decision in July, developer Paul Fischione and his attorney were ready for a vote on their proposal to create 24 “luxury lots” off Wiestertown Road in Murrysville. Attorney Bill Sittig said his client wasn’t interested in receiving a time extension until mid-September to wait for a full complement of council to vote. Council members Matthew Olszewski and Mac McKenna were both absent at council’s recent meeting.
“Their absence doesn’t change things,” Sittig said. “We have everybody in the room we need in order to vote tonight.” Fischione had initially come before council in early 2023, with a request to rezone the rural-residential property to accommodate 28 lots.
That request was denied, and his subsequent proposal for a subdivision has been discussed and tabled several times in 2024. “We came here initially to get a few more houses and that was turned down,” Sittig said. “This is a by-right plan .
That’s strictly a staff review. Staff has reviewed it and we agree with their recommendation of approval. If there’s a vote and council isn’t willing to follow the law, we’ll go to court.
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