Hanover Township Council is expected to hear a presentation from a developer at its Feb. 15 meeting.

At the Feb. 1 council meeting, township Manager Sandra Pudliner said a developer had sought an opportunity to present plans for a commercial and apartment community on vacant land along Lloyd Street.

According to Pudliner, the developer is proposing a 200-plus-unit apartment building and a commercial center that would provide neighborhood services.

The developer had presented a project to the council last year, but the proposed project was for a mall at that time.

The new project would cross municipal boundaries, with part of the project in Allentown and part in Hanover Township.

“The site is zoned commercial, and that’s what I thought we were going to get,” Chairman Bruce Paulus said.

Pudliner replied the developer was unable to get a named anchor. The location is off the beaten path and not easily recognizable from Route 22.

“They have several similar projects that are highly successful,” Pudliner commented.

Paulus reviewed preliminary information and is leery of the design.

“I would rather see the commercial side of the project in Hanover,” he said.

According to Paulus, the commercial center has access off American Parkway near the Iron Pigs stadium.

Council scheduled the developer’s presentation for Feb. 15.

In other action, the township released a new set of specifications for trash pickup. The new bid package replaces the one issued late last year.

All the bids received on the package released in November were rejected because none of the bidders had met all the requirements. Based on advice from Solicitor Jackson Eaton, the bid package was reworked and released to all the contractors who participated in the first bidding session. Eaton expects new bids to be submitted and reviewed at the Feb. 15 meeting.

Eaton also alerted the township to changes in the state’s Mechanics Lien law. New changes allow subcontractors who have not been paid to lien the property. This condition happens when a general contractor gets paid and does not pay subcontractors.

Eaton assured council that the township has adequate protections in place to prevent potential problems with subcontractors.