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The Luzerne Township the luzerne township west central fayette region V- 3 The preparation of this report.was financed in part through an urban planning grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Developnent, under the provisions of Section 701 of the Housing Act of 1954, as amended and administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Community Affairs, Bureau of Planning. BECKMAN, SWENSON 6 ASSOCIATES PI'ITSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 1 I WEST CENTRAL FAYETTE REGION I Reqional Planninq Commission: Roger Garofalo, Chairman William C. Westcoat A.J. D'Antonio I Clarence Sisk, Vice Chairman Thomas Novak Herbert Mitche I I ' Joseph Hall, Secretary Sidney R. Prinkey Lou is Sabat f n i Marshal I Capriotti, Treasurer Frank Ricco Nick Wi I1 iams I BROWNSV I LLE BOROUGH Borouqh Counci I I Marion C. Kllngensmith,Mayor Paul L. Strycula Donald R. Nee1 Hughey Otan ic Estel Knisley Edward T. Rohrer I John Citro Planninq Cammission I Wi I I iam C. Westcoat, Chairman WI I I iam Hunt, Treasurer Clarence Sisk, Vice Chairman &Wayne Swoger, Secretary Jack Boyd I BROWNSV I LLE TOWNSH IP I Townshfp Supervlsors Plannlnq Commtsslon Frank Ricco, Chairman Sidney R. Prtnkey, Chairman John E. Fertai, Jr. Joseph Hall, Secretary I Jack L. McCune, Secretary Donald Hudak Wi I1 iam Peters Donald Bartolomucci I LUZERNE TOWNSHIP I Township Supervisors Planninq Commission WI I1 iarn Sparvleri, Chairman RIchard Kenns inger, Chal rman A.J. D'Antonio, Secretary Herbert Mitchel I, Vlce Chairman I Wi I I lam Baker Roger Garof a Io, Secretary Howard Porter, Treasurer Frank Trun I REDSTONE TOWNSH I P Townsh Ip Superv i sors Planning Commission I Paul Guerrieri, Chairman Louis Sabatlni, Chalrman Nick Williams, Secretary Marsha I 1 Capriotti, Secretary I Kazlmier Golembfewski John DeGregory James Del Verme c_--1 I I I C 0 N T E N T S I %ST CENTRAL FAYE'ITE REGIWU., CoN'I" PACE I I a Regional Conditions 1 b Growth Potential 61 I c Objectives 101 I d Regional Comprehensive Plan 105 I LUZERNE TOWNSHIP I e The Comprehensive Development Plan 139 f Neighborhood Analysis 1 63 I g Capital Improvements Program 189 I h Regulatory Devices 197 I I I ~I I 1 'I IB L I I L I S T 0 F P L A T E S I -PAGE I Iiegional Location 3 Topographic Land Forms 7 I Topographic Slope 9 Drainage Basiris 13 Geological Structures 15 I Coal kposits 19 Soil Associations 21 Existing Land Use 29 I IIighway Classifications 39 Average Daily Traffic 43 Community Facilities 49 Water and Sewer Service Areas 57 I Existing Sewer Systems 59 Growth De temen ts 95 Growth Stimulants 99 I Future Land Use Plan 107 lYajor Thbroughfare Plan 115 Recommended Street Standards 119 I Comnunity Facilities Plan 123 Comity Utilities Plan 127 Growth Intensity Area Sewerage Facilities Plan 129 Conservation and Renewal Plan 133 I Comprehensive Development Plan 137 LUZEFWE TOWNSH I P Future Land Use Plan 143 Movement 1'1 an 149 Comnity Facilities Plan 157 Utilities Plan 157 Neighborhood De heation 165 Locatian' and Extent of Blight 171 Proposed Zoning District Map 199 9) regional conditions I I I I NTRODUCT I ON The area comprising the West Central Fayette Region, including I the Borough of Brownsville, Brownsville Township, Luzerne Township and Redstone Township possesses great inherent nat- ural beauty and a heritage of significant participation in the early history and development of western Pennsylvania. I The region's location places it adjacent to the Monongahela River in northwestern Fayette County, about 40 miles south- I east of the Pittsburgh urbanized area. The West Central Fayette Region may currently cap talite on the various advantages of a close location to the Pittsburgh I metropolitan area including a wide variety of who esale and retail shopping opportunities, technical services and major educational and recreational facilities. However, there was a time during the 18th Century that Brownsville and its I imnediate region enjoyed a position of importance signifi- cantly surpassing that of the infant trading post at the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers. The I l3rownsville area's historic preeminence in the development of western Pennsylvania and indeed, in the development of much of the area in the great mid-western interior of our I I nation, was made possible by the town's ideal location at a significant break in the major land transportation route to the west (current U.S. 40 or the old nat onal road) at the I road's intersection with the Monongahela River which was to I become an important water route for the nflux of people and goods pouring into the mid-west. I The Brownsville area's significant locat onal advantage made It the transportation, trade, and frontier manufac- turing center that it functioned as during the late 1700's I and early 18OO1s, before' this pos-ition was pre-empted by the emerging center of Pittsburgh. Later, during late 18OOCs when the growing Pittsburgh steel industry made Brownsville and Pittsburgh complementary rather than competing centers, I the area's ideal location and transportation resources such as the Monongahela River and railroads again enhanced its Importance by providing for the shipment of the great I quantities of coal mined in the Region and coke produced In its.bee-hived ovens. I I I 1 I Although Brownsville and the West Central Fayette Region I have lost a significant portion of their special locational advantage and in addition experienced severe declines in demand for their chief resources, the region still possesses I an important locational advantage through its position rel- ative to major highways in western Pennsylvania. As shown by the Reqional Location cap, the Region's location places I it near the center of a great regional highway grid composed of Interstates 70 and 79 on the north and west and the Routes 51 and 119 on the east and south. The Region's major current link to this grid is U.S. 40, which essentially bisects the I grid diagonally. Portions of this grid also serve to link the Region with the Pennsylvania Turnpike and future highway improvements and proposals,such as the Monongahela Valley I Expressway, wi 1 I serve to further re-enforce the Region's locational advantage. I Two major set-backs are responsible for current regional physical and economic conditions. It is almost paradoxical that these set-backs are linked directly to the very factors md influences that have been responsible for the areds I former greatness and economic vitality. The Region's first major set-back came about as a result of I iadvancing transportation technology and accanpanying shifts !in major transportation routes. With the development of pajor railroads leading into the Pittsburgh area and the I simultaneous development and expansion of the Pittsburgh steel industry, it was Pittsburgh, not Brownsville, that tipcame the primary jumping off placa for the great western expansion movement. Thus, Pittsburgh became not only a port I f8r western transportation but a major supplier for goods and materials which were required for the development of the mid-west. In addition, as other roads were constructed from I the east through Pittsburgh and on to the west, the national road (U.S. 40) lost much of its major importance as a trans- por+tion link between east and west. Thus, through the loss of its special transportation and locational advantages, I coupled with the fact that Brownsville and its imnediate regiQn had fai led to develop a s'.;nif icant manufacturing base,',the area tended to decliqe and then stagnate for a I numbet of years. I I I 2 I ,I I I I I I I I I 1 I I I I I I I I I REGIONAL LOCATION I I I This stagnation came to an abrupt end with the discovery of coal resources, within the Region, that were ideally suited I for use by the Pittsburgh steel industry. The Pittsburgh coal and Connellsville coke produced by the Region's mines and bee-hived ovens brought an era of economic affluence I that far surpassed the Brownsville area's original boom as a frontier transportation center. However, the impact of a declining coal and coke industry was much more severe In the Region's original decline, not only in terms of economic I stagnation but also in the physical blight on the landscape that the declining coal industry ieft as its legacy. The scattered, deteriorating mining towns, the great piles of 8 mine wastes, sludge ponds, polluted streams and crumbling mine buildings and coke ovens, all constitute monuments to an era when coal was king of the Region, and stand as stark reminders of the consequences of relying on a single eco- I nomic activity for the majority of an area's sustenance. Thus, the West Central Fayette Region's pasthas left not 1 only a rich heritage but also a wake of economic and phys- ical problems. The Region's future lies in the ability of loca I Ieaders to overcome the great economic and phys ica 1 I liabilities which accompanied the decline of coal mining activities in the area and to probe possible areas of future economic orientation which may serve to stabilize and enhance economic conditions. This "Existing Conditionsq1portion of I the Comprehensive Plan for the West Central Fayette Region will provide a major, basic input for the formulations of plans, policies, and goals for the Region's future. This I "Existing Conditions" section will accomplish this purpose through an investigation and analysis of the Region's land forms and natural limitations, the use of land within the 1 Region, the Reglon's transportation and highway facilities and its community facilities and public utilities, This will provide a definition of the basic physical character of the Region, its assets, and its liabilities.
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