A building proposed for a painting contractor’s business has been approved for South Pike Avenue.

Aaron Roche of Roche Painting LLC would construct the building for the storage of supplies and to provide for him an office in the approximate 2,000-square-foot building on a 1.135-acre tract at 2686 S. Fourth St. (South Pike Avenue).

The building’s second-story would accommodate an office that would be rented for use as an accounting firm office. The building would be located about 500 feet north of the township municipal building.

The Salisbury Township Zoning Hearing Board voted 3-0 to approve at its Nov. 6 hearing the construction of the building.

Zoning Hearing Board member Ronald Evans made the motion to bring the matter to a vote, seconded by board member Joseph Kovach.

Zoners also approved, two appeals associated with the proposal:

- A variance for buffer yard and plantings to be 30 feet from a residential lot line, whereas the proposed setback is about 21 feet on the south side and 17 feet on the north side of the proposed building, and

- A special exception to allow the storage and headquarters use for Roche Painting because the site is in two zoning areas, C-2 and R-4, which is a neighborhood commercial district and medium density residential district, respectively.

Roche and Edward Schlaner Jr., who also attended the Nov. 6 zoning meeting, of Martin H. Schuler Company, an Allentown civil engineering and surveying company, presented a sketch plan and answered questions at the Sept. 12 Salisbury Township Planning Commission meeting.

The property would have public sewer service. Because of the elevation, water would be provided by a well.

The wooded property, which is bow tie-shaped and narrows to the west of its South Pike Avenue frontage, borders Allentown on the north side.

Driveway access to the building would be provided to South Pike Avenue only and not onto Buttonwood Street.

“Our intention is to keep the entire rear of the property undisturbed,” Schlaner said.

Since South Fourth Street is a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation jurisdiction highway, PennDOT consultation and approval is needed for the driveway.

There would be 17 parking spaces, including two in the building’s garage, one for persons with disabilities and 14 additional spaces, with six of those for employees’ vehicles.

The estimated construction cost is $350,000 to $400,000.