ADAMS TWP — The supervisors will take a longer look at planned residential developments in the rural-conservation zoning district.

Neighbors of the proposed Hickory Glen PRD, a 60-acre plan of 50 homes on half-acre lots off Pearce Road, attended the supervisors meeting on Monday night to share their concerns about the plan.

The group attended the Dec. 7 planning commission meeting, where they shared their concerns with the planning commission.

The planning commission tabled the plan instead of recommending it be approved by supervisors.

At Monday’s supervisors meeting, Cathy Roach told the board members that according to her understanding of the township zoning ordinance, the underlying zoning should be followed unless the PRD would benefit the community.

“One-acre lots are required, but there was no presentation that proposes that,” Roach said of the Hickory Glen plans.

She asked the supervisors to review PRD requests and consider whether they benefit the community or the developers.

Supervisor Tom Franceschina, who also serves on the planning commission, said PRDs were added to the rural-conservation zoning district to create neighborhoods containing open space by working with developers to benefit the township.

He said now that several PRDs have been built, the supervisors are going to require the planning commission to take another look at PRDs in the R-C district.

“There are adjustments that need to be made,” Franceschina said.

Roach said the open space required in the township’s PRDs is often unusable.

“That’s what we’ll be looking at,” Franceschina said.

Township solicitor Mike Gallagher explained to the residents that the supervisors are under a tight time frame for approving or denying a PRD once they receive it for consideration.

Regarding the group’s contention that the underlying zoning requirements should be considered before the varying conditions allowed in a PRD, Gallagher said the supervisors by law can work with the developer regarding PRDs.

“They have that flexibility,” Gallagher said.

Franceschina gave no details on when the supervisors would tackle the PRD issue.