The developer of a planned Gerrity's store in the Mount Effort Plaza in Effort questioned stipulations for conditional use plan by the Chestnuthill board of supervisors last week.

Michael Kaspszyk, attorney for the Mount Effort Development Company, said his client would file an appeal to the Court of Common Pleas if needed.The board cited concerns that the applicant did not address the existing retail space in the land development plan.The ordinance calls for the existing space, since it is part of the new land development plan, to be updated to meet the same Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance requirements as the new buildings.On Sept. 20, after nearly 2½ years of submissions, letters, workshops and hearings, the supervisors granted a conditional use approval for work to take place at the Mount Effort Plaza.The plaza, located at the intersection of Route 115 and State Road in Effort, consists of a strip mall and a park and ride for Martz Trailways. The plaza was previously the home of the Effort Market, which was destroyed by fire a number of years ago.Mount Effort Development Company is planning on making a number of improvements to the site including building a Gerrity's grocery store along with a number of other retail and office spaces. The Martz Trailways lot will be moved to the back of the property.The letter granting conditional approval had some new stipulations, according to the developer."This is news to me, until tonight I had no idea we needed to comply with this," said developer Keith Beccia. "I always said I would spruce it up. But spruce it up and meet the ordinance are two very different things. I can't put those tenants out of business to make significant changes to those spaces.""Obviously your engineers did not properly understand the ordinance," said township engineer Christopher McDermott. "You need to have them look at this, you may be more compliant than you think."Less critical concerns raised by the approval letter include a ban on clothing collection bins, designated employee parking and the use of outside sales/displays at Gerrity's.Kaspszyk suggested that the parties try to come to agreement on the outstanding issues."I don't expect you to come to an agreement tonight," Kaspszyk said. "We need to go back and correct some drawings and take a look at the existing building.""We are not drawing a line in the sand," said supervisor Harry Miller. "We are frustrated, too. You want to bring in a good product, and we want you to; we want to move forward. I am not saying there is no wiggle room, but we need to know exactly what you are looking for."