CRANBERRY TWP — The township may be getting a new residential development for adults ages 55 and older.

The township planning commission Monday night voted to recommend to the supervisors the development plans for a Traditions of America retirement community with 103 homes.

The development is proposed in two phases for a 55.1 acre property on the north side of Rochester Road, bordering New Sewickley Township, Beaver County, to the west.

The company has built seven similar communities around the state, including one in Ohio Township, Allegheny County, that was recently opened.

The residents of the community would buy their houses, but the grounds and roads would be owned and maintained by a homeowners’ association.

The development will bring in property taxes for the school district and township without adding any students, Traditions of America partner David Biddison said.

“There will be significant tax revenue for these homes and we provide amenities for the residents to enjoy,” he said.

Also included in the plans are two small parks, sidewalks on Rochester Road and a private community center, which would have a pool, a bar and an exercise facility.

The plans also include a lot for a single-family home separate from the retirement community, where the current owners of the property, the Blackstone family, will build a new house, said Ron Henshaw, township director of planing and development.

Martha Blackstone, whose family also owns the farm across the street, asked the commission to consider waiving the requirement for street lighting on Rochester Road.

That stretch of road is a rural setting and the residents of the retirement community would probably not be walking after dark, she said.

“There will still be wildlife on the farm and we would like to limit the effect of development on that wildlife,” Blackstone said.

Since it was not requested by the developer, the plan went ahead with lighting included, but Chairman Jim Collella told Blackstone that she could raise the issue again when the plans come before the supervisors.

Also at the meeting, the commission voted to recommend plans for an O’Reilly Auto Parts Store on Route 19 near the intersection with Unionville Road.

The plans call for a 8,075-square-foot single-story building on a 1.7 acre parcel. The property used to be a Gulf gas station, but it was torn down several years ago, Henshaw said.

O’Reilly sells car parts, but does not service or repair vehicles.

That development was proposed by The Hutton Company of Chattanooga, Tenn.