A Lycoming County Planning and Community Development official assured Hughesville Borough Council that a municipal ordinance covering stormwater will be used to regulate a proposed housing community.

“We are going to use your regulations,” Mark Haas, development services supervisor, told borough council during its recent meeting.

The Kim development plan calls for construction in three phases of 124 housing units on a 68-acre tract, with most of it in Wolf Township but a small portion in Hughesville.

Haas said the planning commission is following up on requests to follow the borough’s stormwater regulation considered to be more stringent than that of the township.

Borough officials and residents have expressed concern about past water runoff in the development area and fear more housing will only mean additional stormwater problems.

“Your ordinance better addresses that,” Haas said.

However, council members made it clear they want more answers.

They agreed to again delay approval of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding land development outlining the borough code including for the stormwater ordinance.

Councilman Dan Cale asked what happens if measures to alleviate water runoff from the development simply fail.

He noted that the borough’s roads will bear the brunt of the traffic coming in and out of the development while the township will receive most of the tax revenues. He suggested borough officials discuss some of the issues with the township.

“The earlier we have a conversation with them, the better,” he said.

He added that the development will likely bring more business to the community.

“There are pluses and negatives,” he said.

In other matters, council considered adding curbing along Cemetery Street. Following discussion, it was agreed to consider the matter at the next council meeting.

Police Chief Rod Smith reported 26 incidents in the borough were considered by his department during April.

The next council meeting is set for 7 p.m. Monday, June 9.