A development called Enclave at High Pointe could bring 57 townhouses, a restaurant and retail space to the intersection of Route 228 and High Pointe Drive in Seven Fields.

SEVEN FIELDS — A new mixed-use development could be coming to the intersection of High Pointe Drive and Route 228.

The Seven Fields Borough council held a public hearing Thursday to discuss amending two zoning ordinances to accommodate the new development. The amendments were passed at a special council meeting held immediately following the hearing.

Council also approved site plans for the development, contingent upon completion of recommendations from the borough's planning commission and the borough's engineer.

The development, called the Enclave at High Pointe, will bring 57 townhouses, a drive-thru restaurant and retail space to the area.

There will also be a 12,000-square-foot, four-story medical office and a 6,500-square-foot sit-down restaurant. No tenants have been determined yet, said Chris Kaclik, developer for the project.

Some of the townhouses will sit along High Pointe Drive and have driveways that exit directly onto the road.

Kaclik said he hopes to get started late summer if permitting goes well. The 16-acre lot is currently vacant and undeveloped.

The first amended zoning ordinance, called 92-2018, changed several allowed uses in various zoning districts:

reclassified financial institution, office business, office medical and office professional as permitted uses instead of conditional uses in the planned economic development and business districts.

reclassified retail business establishment as a permitted use instead of conditional in the planned economic development district.

established municipal building use as a permitted use in the planned economic development and industrial districts.

The second amended zoning ordinance, called 93-2018, distinguished dimensional standards for residential and non-residential uses and permitted shared parking in the planned economical development district.

It also changed density requirements for certain landscaping.

Marien Evans, chairwoman of the borough's planning commission, brought up concerns during the special meeting that the planning commission had about the development, particularly the completion of a traffic study.

John Balewski, borough engineer, said the traffic study would be complete in the next week and that anything it recommended would be part of the final approval process.