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Special exception vote for developer postponed

Technical issues cause delay

SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Technical difficulties plagued a meeting of Slippery Rock Township's zoning hearing board Wednesday, where the board was set to review a special exception request for Heilman Pavement Specialties Inc. to build heavy industry in a light industrial zoning district at 490 Stoughton Road.

The board eventually decided to postpone the meeting, possibly until November, because of technical limitations that were the cause for this meeting in the first place.

A group of residents took the zoning hearing board to court in July for violating due process by only allowing public participation at the January meeting over video conference call.

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