BUTLER TWP — Commissioners on Monday approved land development plans for a Mattress Warehouse store and a detail shop for the Baglier auto dealerships.

Skip’s Gold Exchange, at the intersection of South Duffy Road and New Castle Road, will be demolished and replaced with a new 4,580-square-foot, one-story building that will house a Mattress Warehouse, said Jesse Hines, township zoning officer.

The new building will be connected to an existing building that houses Grand Rental Station and other small businesses.

A special exception is not needed because the property is zoned for business use and the store is a permitted use in the zone, Hines said.

The property consists of two lots, which will be consolidated for the development. The commissioners approved the consolidation.

Developer Anthony Cocca, of Cocca Development of Boardman, Ohio, said he has built many stores for Mattress Warehouse, which leases the buildings from him.

He said he is planning to buy the building where Grand Rental Station and the other businesses are located.

The eight parking spaces the new building will have are sufficient.

Work is expected to begin in 30 to 60 days and the store will open in about four months.

Baglier’s proposed 13,000-square-foot vehicle accessory sales and installation shop on a 7.6-acre lot off Comfort Lane, adjacent to the Comfort Inn on Route 8, will require a special exception from the township zoning hearing board, which will address the matter at an Aug. 29 hearing.

The property is zoned for business use, but the shop requires a special exception, Hines said.

Jonathan Garczewski of Gateway Engineers said the shop would only be used by employees to clean and prepare vehicles for sale.

Trees will be planted for the required buffer between the shop and neighboring residential areas, he said.

An existing stormwater collection system will be modified to meet current regulations and a state permit will be needed to discharge stormwater into a stream, he said.

The building and parking lot will take up almost four acres of the property and there are no current plans to develop the remaining portion, he said.

In other business:

commissioners adopted an amendment to the flood plain ordinance creating a community identified flood hazard area map where 75 of the 250 properties that were removed from the flood plain map are located.

When the Federal Emergency Management Agency updated the flood plain map last year, 250 homes were no longer in a flood plain and 19 homes were added to the plain, Hines said.

However, flooding is a problem for the 75 homes in the flood hazard area and any construction in flood hazard area must meet flood plain standards, he said.

The three areas in the flood hazard area are Whitestown Road, Dutchtown Road and Crisswell Road.

Solicitor Rebecca Black said creating the flood hazard area will impact homeowner insurance rates and homeowners should contact their insurance companies.

commissioners named Butler High School senior Joe Atkinson as the township’s first student representative on the board of commissioners. Atkinson will be a non-voting member of the board and will submit a monthly written report to the commissioners.

commissioners adopted an ordinance offering income tax credits of up to $250 for the township’s volunteer firefighters.

commissioners agreed to draft specifications and advertise for bids for garbage and recycling collection.

commissioners also agreed to advertise for applicants for the road department superintendent, which became vacant last month when former superintendent Tom Knights was hired as the township manager.