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Meeting Name: Zoning Hearing Board Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/17/2017 7:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: council chambers
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15-1519 1  Zoning Commission Case1. A-68359 4002-4080 Tilghman St. Special Use Application of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Nativity to CONSTRUCT ADDITION, (61.83 ft. x 80.5 ft. irreg.), 2 sty., at front & east side to expand social hall, being an expansion of a use permitted by Special Exception under Article 1313.01.D., located in a Medium Density Residential-Planned (R-MP) District.   Not available Not available
15-1520 1  Zoning Commission Case2. A-68366 1125-1129 Walnut St. Appeal of New PA Start Inc. for variance for Kerry Roberts to use first floor office for ESTHETICIAN PRACTICE, (personal service), CONSTRUCT 11 SPACE PARKING LOT at east side, & ERECT FREESTANDING SIGN, (1.10 ft. x 3.6 ft.), exterior illuminated, at front, with personal service use not contained and operated within the main walls of a building containing at least 25,000 sq. ft. of residential or hotel floor area, & having an exterior entrance not permitted, proposed parking lot not having required buffer strip at north & west, or planter strip at front (Walnut), sign not having required 10 ft. front yard setback, (1.08 ft. proposed), & 2 parking spaces located in required 10 ft. clear driveway site triangle, located in a High Density Residential (R-H) & Traditional Neighborhood Development Overlay (TNDO) District. Applicant requests a validity or variance. In the alternative, applicant requests Special Exception approval relating to the TNDO District.   Not available Not available
15-1521 1  Zoning Commission Case3. A-68079 2327-2331 Hanover Ave. CONTINUED Appeal of Pennsylvania Venture Capital, Inc. for variance to demolish existing building and construct OFF-PREMISES DIGITAL ADVERTISING SIGN, (12 ft. x 25 ft.), 2 sided, having insuff. front yard setback, (30 ft. req.; 11.33 ft. proposed), insuff. 2nd front yard setback, (2 @ 15 ft. req.; 2 @ 0 ft. proposed), & billboard not having required 300 ft. setback from a residential district, (appx. 174 ft. proposed), located in a Highway Business (B-3) District. Applicant requests an interpretation that the existing structure and property are nonconforming and that the billboard is an alteration that is not increasing the existing nonconforming. In the alternative, applicant requests a dimensional variance from 1315.01 & 1319.07 C.4.c. for the front yard setbacks & from 1319.07 C.4.e. from insufficient setback from a residential district.   Not available Not available
15-1458 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. This meeting will be video recorded and placed on the city website as public record.   Not available Not available