ADAMS TWP — Planning commissioners balked over slope disturbances Wednesday as they withheld approval of the 52 acre, 42 lot plan proposed for Dobson Road.

The Meadowpoint plan was one of several plans tabled at Wednesday's meeting where commissioners approved two developments and sent a draft ordinance for supervisors to consider.

Commissioners tabled the Meadowpoint plan after an extended discussion about residents' and officials' concerns about slope disturbances and the potential impact on neighbors if a landslide were to occur.

Developers defended their plan saying it had been approved by geotechnical engineers. Commissioners said they were still concerned that many of the lots would be positioned on slopes at around 15 to 25 percent grade and that it could be dangerous in the event of a landslide.

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