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Meeting Name: Zoning Hearing Board Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/14/2015 7:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
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15-285 1  Zoning Commission CaseNOTICE is hereby given that the Zoning Hearing Board will meet in Council Chambers, Room #118, City Hall, 435 Hamilton Street, Allentown, PA on Monday, October 19, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the following appeals.   Not available Not available
15-286 1  Zoning Commission CaseALL APPELLANTS MUST APPEAR AT MEETING   Not available Not available
15-282 1  Zoning Commission Case1. A-67263 227 South 17th Street Appeal of Noel & Martha Penaloza for variance to CONSTRUCT 1-STORY DETACHED CARPORT (12 ft. x 25 ft.), at rear, with carport exceeding maximum percent of building coverage (50% permitted, 55.3% proposed), located in a Medium Density Residential (R-M) and Traditional Neighborhood Development Overlay (TNDO) District.   Not available Not available
15-283 1  Zoning Commission Case2. A-66735 1227-1243 Airport Road CONTINUED Appeal of Pennsylvania Media LLC for variance to convert on-premises freestanding sign to OFF-PREMISES DIGITAL ADVERTISING SIGN (BILLBOARD), (12 ft. wide x 24 ft. high, 2 sided), being a change of sign granted by the Zoning Hearing Board under Application No. 41676 on February 9, 1984, with off-premises sign exceeding maximum allowable height (30 ft. permitted; 40.49 ft. proposed), being within 1,000 ft. of another off-premises digital advertising sign not permitted (approx. 700 ft. proposed), & having insuff. front yard setback (30 ft. req.; 7.58 ft. proposed), located in a Highway Business (B-3) District.   Not available Not available
15-284 1  Zoning Commission Case3. A-66816 347-377 Gordon Street CONTINUED AND AMENDED Special Use Application of HP Allentown, LLC to DEMOLISH 1 BUILDING AT EAST SIDE, CONVERT 1 BUILDING INTO 153 DWELLING UNITS, CONVERT 1 BUILDING INTO STORAGE (to include 35 sq. ft. storage area per dwelling unit), & CONSTRUCT 188 SPACE PARKING LOT (for a total of 207 spaces), & ERECT PERMANENT BANNER (4 ft. x 25 ft.), non-illum., @ south side (Gordon St.), with Adaptive Reuse being permitted by Special Exception under Article 1313.01.A., with 75% of perimeter of the property not adjacent to or across the street from a residential district (53% existing), having insuff. off-street parking (230 spaces req.; 207 spaces proposed), not having minimum average lot area per dwelling unit (275,400 total sq. ft. req.; 212,286.14 total sq. ft. existing), exceeding maximum allowable lot coverage (30% permitted; 35.10% proposed), not having the following: planter strip at north side of parking lot, 10% parking lot landscaping, 19 parking lot trees, 4 ft. pedestrian sidewalks where normal pedestrian traffic will occur, liberal landscaping   Not available Not available
15-287 1  Zoning Commission CaseAll persons interested or those desiring to protest against the allowance of the above appeals may appear and be heard. The appeals listed above may be reviewed at the Zoning Office, 4th Floor, City Hall, 435 Hamilton Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania.   Not available Not available