A housing plan is proposed at this site on North Duffy Road in Butler and Center townships.

CENTER TWP — An Evans City company is proposing a development consisting of 110 homes across from the new VA Butler Healthcare facility.

Duffy Highlands, which is proposed by Brennan Builders, would be on 43.3 acres off North Duffy Road in Center and Butler townships.

The first phase, of four planned phases, is entirely in Center Township and includes 23 single-family houses and six duplex units on about 12 acres.

Brennan is targeting “empty nesters” — people who are 55 and older and want to move into a smaller house where there will be less required upkeep, owner Bob Brennan said.

“It's a good location because this demographic likes easy access to shopping and everything else they want and it's located close to the Route 356 corridor there,” Brennan said,

The residents would own their houses, which will be based on a couple different designs with custom options, but grass cutting and other maintenance on the grounds will be done by a homeowner's association, he said.

The plans also call for a clubhouse, swimming pool and walking trails.

The township supervisors will hold a public hearing about the plan at a meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. June 12 at the Unionville Fire Hall.

The supervisors can consider the plan for tentative approval after the hearing.

Brennan said that once the plan is approved construction crews will start working on the site. They will build model units to start and further construction will start as the houses are sold.

The developer owns a 4-acre parcel, which Duffy Highlands bought for $200,000 in 2016, according to Butler County real estate records. They have a sales agreement in place for the remaining 39 acres, Brennan said.

The township planning commission reviewed the plans and voted to recommend them to the supervisors at its meeting in April.

Planning commission chairman Tom Schiebel said he thought it was a good plan, though he did voice concerns about the traffic impact. There is no plan for a stoplight at the entrance to the development.

Schiebel said the developer had a traffic study done that took into account the anticipated traffic from the new VA facility and the study showed that a stoplight or other improvements would not be necessary, meaning the township can't force the issue, he said.

The supervisors earlier this year approved an amendment to its zoning ordinance that added a more-dense planned residential development option.