Lehighton has reduced the letter of credit for a wine store and beverage outlet proposed along Blakeslee Boulevard.

Borough council voted unanimously Monday to reduce the letter of credit for Mitch 328 LLC by $66,396.

In November, council said the proposed business may resume work on site after it voted 6-0 to authorize then borough engineer Bruce Steigerwalt to approve the land development agreement once he was satisfied all the conditions have been met.

The matter was brought forth after Steigerwalt said he was still waiting for revised plans for the Lehighton Wine and Beverage project.

Todd and Jane Mason were in attendance at council’s November meeting. Jane is managing partner of Mitch 328 LLC. The couple owns Mason’s Cold Beer in Jim Thorpe.

Todd Mason said at that time they were issued a building permit for a wall, and that he’d like to get back on the property.

Steigerwalt said that while it wasn’t his decision, past practice has been that council always required everyone to have final land approval.

Councilwoman Autumn Abelovsky said at that time the Masons want to follow the rules and get approval, and that she’d like to see the project advance rather than make the Masons wait.

In October, council granted a request from Mitch 328 LLC for a waiver pertaining to sidewalks, and granted conditional approval for the land development plan.

In June, the Lehighton Planning Commission unanimously accepted plans for review brought forth by Mitch 328 LLC.

Darrin Heckman, senior project manager for Keystone Engineering, said the plan calls for a new two-unit building at 101 Blakeslee Blvd. Drive East.

The business would be built on roughly one acre west of Advance Auto. The location has been used by a farm stand.

It will be a 52-by-152-foot building, half of which would be a beverage center (beer store), and the other half wine and spirits.