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Council postpones West Garrison rezoning after residents press for more outreach
Summary
Council postponed first reading on a zoning map amendment for 11 and 15 West Garrison Street to April 1 to allow more neighborhood engagement; developers said rezoning would reduce building height and increase on-site parking.
Bethlehem City Council voted on Feb. 27 to postpone consideration of a zoning map amendment that would change two lots at 11 and 15 West Garrison Street from Residential-Transitional (RT) to Central Business District. The motion to delay the first reading passed 7-0 and the item will be taken up at the April 1 council meeting.
Developers seeking to rezone the two lots said the change would let them consolidate a multi-lot redevelopment into a five-story building with roughly 70 apartments and more on-site parking. They told council the same 70 residential units would be built whether the two RT lots were rezoned or not; without the…
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