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Meeting Name: Planning Commission Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/14/2023 12:15 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Council Chambers https://rebrand.ly/ACPC-MARCH-14 (717) 740-2323 Conference ID: 442 255 043#
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15-5737 1  Planning Commission Item1) Approval of Minutes of Public Meeting of January 10, 2023. Approval of Minutes of Public Meeting of February 14, 2023   Not available Not available
15-5738 1  Planning Commission Item2) Name: Ava’s Acres Location: 2232 South 11th Street Applicant: Matt Spangenberg · Email: contractorsolution@gmail.com · Tel: 610-533-8727 Engineer: Roderick M. Chirumbolo · Email: rmcengineering@hotmail.com · Tel: 610-297-2868 Description: Applicant requests a waiver for Section 355-11B (Requires the applicant to maintain 5 feet or ½ the vertical height of fill horizontally from any adjoining property or easement line.)   Not available Not available
15-5739 1  Planning Commission Item3) Name: Entertainment Venue Location: 939 Hamilton Street Applicant: Robert DiLorenzo · Email: rdilorenzo@citycenterallentown.com · Tel: 610-674-4503 Engineer: David Wilson · Email: David.wilson@civitasregio.com · Tel: 484-515-5252 Description: Applicant request a waiver for Section 355-11B (Requires the applicant to maintain 5 feet or ½ the vertical height of fill horizontally from any adjoining property or easement line.)   Not available Not available
15-5740 1  Planning Commission Item4) Name: City Center is proposing to amend Section 660-70.B.5 (To include structures fronting Hamilton Street, between 9th and 10th Streets to allow “entertainment venue signs” for structures that primarily provide for live entertainment uses for 500 or more customers at a time.) Location: Hamilton Street between 9th and 10th Street File: 23-01(Z)   Not available Not available
15-5741 1  Planning Commission Item5) Name: John Palumbo is proposing a zoning map change for (2) two parcels from BLI to B5 Location: 115 Riverside Drive & 51 North Front Street File: 23-03(Z)   Not available Not available
15-5742 1  Planning Commission Item6) Location: Terminal Street from Hamilton Street to its end. Applicant: Real Star Properties, LLC Yosaf Saleb · Email: yossaleb@yahoo.com · Tel: 484-201-3363 File: 23-01   Not available Not available
15-5743 1  Planning Commission Item7) Name: Popeyes Restaurant w/Drive-thru Submission: Final Location: 701 North 19th Street Applicant: Allentown PA Development, LLC (Ed Baksh) · Email: ed.baksh@pnrestaurants.com · Tel: 908-531-8021 Engineer: Site Design Concepts, Inc. · Email: aanderson@sitedc.com · Tel: 717-757-9414 Description: Proposed to construct a 2,475 SF Popeyes Restaurant with Drive-thru. File: LMA-2022-00009   Not available Not available
15-5744 1  Planning Commission Item8) Name: 949 Hamilton Hotel Submission: Final Location: 949 West Hamilton Street Applicant: City Center Investment Corporation (Robert DiLorenzo) · Email: rdilorenzo@citycenterallentown.com · Tel: 610-674-4503 Engineer: Paul McNemar · Email: paul.mcnemar@rettew.com · Tel: 484-240-4522 Description: Proposed construction of a 58,400 GSF, 5-story hotel building including 4,300 SF of Restaurant/ Tavern Tenant Space. File: LMA-2023-00004 Waiver Request: Section 355-11.B (Requires the applicant to maintain 5 feet or ½ the vertical height of fill horizontally from any adjoining property or easement line.)   Not available Not available
15-5745 1  Planning Commission Item9) Name: LVHN 17th Street Childcare Center Submission: Preliminary/Final Location: 222-236 N 17th Street Applicant: Lehigh Valley Hospital Inc. (Lisa Liddington) · Email: Lisa.Liddington@lvhn.org · Tel: 610-969-2452 Engineer: Nate Oiler · Email: noiler@rkrhess.com · Tel: 570-421-6720 Description: Proposed construction of a 14,810 SF Childcare Center. File: LMA-2023-00005 Waiver Request: Section 350-26.D (Allow for building openings to be less than one foot above the curb elevation.)   Not available Not available
15-1618 1  Planning Commission Item !! APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND !! ANY QUESTIONS? CALL 610-437-7611   Not available Not available