Cranberry Township supervisors once again gave the go-ahead for the construction of a new Holiday Inn Express during a meeting on Thursday, Feb. 6.

Following last week’s public hearing on the matter, supervisors approved a conditional use application for the four-story, 84-room hotel that will be located on 3.71 acres at 1744 Route 228, right behind the Cracker Barrel.

The same plans were originally approved on Feb. 28, 2019, but were put on an extended pause because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was never built after the five-year window for construction expired in early 2024.

Most of the infrastructure is already in place, including the pavement, streetscape enhancements and a joint stormwater pond located off-site.

Additionally, the site map lays out a trail system that surrounds the Cranberry Woods Development.

Township staff plans to work with the developer to assign responsibilities for a stretch of Longtree Way that runs parallel to the development. Those responsibilities will include “streetlights, landscaping and winter maintenance,” according to Ron Henshaw, the township’s planning and development services director.

Officials will seek to have the developer sign a road maintenance agreement later when all of the details are worked out.

Township supervisors also approved amendments to a zoning ordinance that will update parking requirements for residential developers.

Supervisors and staff worked in tandem to lay out several amendments that will most notably clear up any parking confusion in future developments.

Developers will now be required to provide the location and number of spaces during each building phase while making sure to include enough overflow and pocket parking spaces.

Pocket parking is referred to as an area of pavement directly connected to a street or road within a residential neighborhood that is for the parking of vehicles.

Any residential housing development unit will now require overflow parking to be located within the same phase of development and within 300 feet of that unit.

Another key amendment requires developers to paint lines for street parking to delineate the spaces.

The township will also require that all driveways for residential units be equal to or greater than 18 feet in length. This was done to ensure cars are not hanging out onto the public sidewalk.

“We think we’ve got reasonable solutions that are going to make a difference here and in a very positive way,” Henshaw said during the public hearing last week.