Montgomery County · Upper Hanover · MCPC #24-0156-002
Gerryville Pk Garage
East side of Geryville Pike, Upper Hanover, PA · 2,400 sq ft non-residential, commercial · 3.89 acres
About this project
A company is proposing a commercial dumpster storage yard on a roughly 3.89-acre lot on the east side of Geryville Pike near Finland Road in Upper Hanover Township. The existing 60-by-40-foot garage stays, and the parking lot is being moved from the front yard to the rear. The lot is zoned residential, so the project needed zoning relief, which the Zoning Hearing Board has already granted.
County planning commission: Supports, with comments
Issues raised: Driveway may interrupt informal drainage swale on Geryville Pike, Rain garden discharge capacity into roadside swale, Rain garden plantings and bioretention seed mix specification, Parking count discrepancy between site plan and notes, Portable toilet not acceptable for sewage; holding tank proposed, Commercial use not permitted by right in the zoning district
- Applicant
- Geryville Pike, LLC
- Engineer / rep.
- Horizon Engineering
- Zoning
- R-1
- Approvals needed
- variance (use and dimensional/setback relief granted by Zoning Hearing Board), waiver request, highway occupancy permit
- Utilities
- private well, sewage holding tank
Filing history
- 2025-02-03 · MCPC #24-0156-002 · Land Dev Plan, Prelim Plan, Resubmission · 2,400 sq ft
- 2024-07-12 · MCPC #24-0156-001 · Land Dev Plan, Prelim Plan · 2,400 sq ft
County review letters
2024-07-12 · UHANO 24-0156-001r.pdf
2025-02-03 · UHANO 24-0156-002r.pdf
Scope estimate for contractors
Estimated construction value: $528K
- ~24 roofing squares (assumes 1 story)
- ~6 tons of cooling (rule of thumb 400 sq ft/ton)
- ~3.9 acres of site work (grading, stormwater, landscaping)
- Bioretention rain garden with woody plantings and seed mix
- Driveway apron with possible drainage pipe under driveway
- Parking lot relocated to rear yard, including ADA space
- Private water well
- Sewage holding tank
- County road driveway access work