Area residents will have to wait a little longer to make a Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru run along Lehigh Street in Salisbury Township.

The Salisbury Township Planning Commission voted 7-0 at its April 12 meeting to table the preliminary final land development plan for Dunkin’ Donuts, 3111 Lehigh St., Allentown. Stephen J. McKitish, Jr., vice chair, made the motion, seconded by Glenn Miller, secretary, to table the plan.

The site, the former location of Jiffy Lube, which was destroyed in a January 2014 fire, is adjacent to Kost Tire & Auto Service. The Dunkin’ Donuts at 24th and Lehigh streets will close.

Representing the Dunkin’ Donuts’ project was Brian Gasda, senior project engineer, Lehigh Engineering Associates Inc. and Andrea Trainer-Murray, construction manager, Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.

In his April 14 review letter to planners, David J. Tettemer, Keystone Consulting Engineers, Inc., listed 14 comments, some of which he discussed. Tettemer said he had no engineering objection to the preliminary and final plans being combined.

Tettemer did not recommend approval of the plan until planners reviewed several items, including slopes on the property, sidewalk deferral and street trees placement.

In her March 28 letter to planners, Cynthia Sopka, Salisbury Township director of planning and zoning, agreed with Tettemer’s points. Sopka noted the plan was approved by the township zoning hearing board.

Gasda said a scoping meeting was held in February with Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials. A “No Left Turn” sign is to be placed at the Dunkin’ Donut exit onto Lehigh Street.

“What does PennDOT say about possible backup onto Lehigh Street?” Planner Richard Schreiter asked.

“They didn’t really say,” Gasda answered.

Approximately six cars are envisioned in a waiting line behind a vehicle at the ordering window.

“Ideally, it’s five cars,” Trainer-Murray said. “The idea is to move those cars in under a minute.”

There will be 16 parking spaces, with 12 required.

Lighting spillover to houses across Lehigh Street, which are in Allentown, was questioned. Tettemer said he would look into it.

“I do think Dunkin’ Donuts in this spot is a good location,” Christine Johnson, of Allentown, said. “My concern is the lighting.” Johnson claimed Kost lights are on in the middle of the night.

The Lehigh County Conservation District must review the project’s erosion control plan, Tettemer said.

“The used car lot is parking cars along the slope [of the Dunkin’ Donuts site],” Miller noted.

Planners voted 7-0, in a motion made by McKitish and seconded by Dr. William R. Licht, to extend the Dunkin’ Donuts plan, which was to expire April 7, until Oct. 7.

Township zoners voted 4-0 at the Dec. 1, 2015, hearing to grant a special exception use and two variances for Dunkin’ Donuts.

A special exception for the Dunkin’ Donuts’ facility was required because it is a fast-food restaurant in a C-3 Zoning District.

A variance was required for the size of the Dunkin’ Donuts’ facility because the lot size is 19,479.39-square-feet when a minimum 20,000-square-feet is required.

Township planners reviewed sketch plans for the Dunkin’ Donuts project at their Sept. 8 and Oct. 13, 2015, meetings.