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Allentown zoning board denies proposed 60-child day care at Hamilton Street site
Summary
The Allentown City Zoning Hearing Board denied an application to locate a 60-child day care, citing missing site plans for pickup/drop-off, play area and unresolved parking and storage conditions.
The Allentown City Zoning Hearing Board on an appeal concerning MS9 Holdings LLC denied a request to operate Children of Angels Learning Center at the ground floor of a Hamilton Street building, concluding the application lacked required site details and raised unresolved parking concerns.
Board members said the applicant had not submitted the site-specific information the board’s zoning ordinance requires — a site plan showing the childcare structure’s dimensions, the outdoor play area, pickup/drop-off/loading locations, parking and waste-storage locations — and that unresolved parking allocations from a prior zoning decision left the board unable to approve the use.
Applicant Alicia Sweeney told the board, “The name of my daycare would be Children of Angels Learning Center… I would like to have at least 2 or 3 [staff] when I start off,” and testified she planned 7 a.m. to 6…
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