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Zoning board allows meat‑packing operation on North Seventh with parking conditions
Summary
The Zoning Hearing Board approved a special exception for a meat‑processing and packaging operation at 2300 North Seventh Street, granting relief from off‑street parking requirements with conditions that include removal of informal rear parking, secure bike storage and physical curb obstructions to prevent sidewalk parking.
HARRISBURG — The Harrisburg Zoning Hearing Board on Jan. 20 approved application 2597, allowing a meat‑processing and packaging business at 2300 North Seventh Street to operate in an industrial zoning district with relief from the code’s off‑street parking requirements, subject to conditions recommended by the City Planning Commission.
Jeffrey Knight, director of planning for the City of Harrisburg, told the board that the zoning code provision cited for parking requirements is section 7‑3‑27.6, which requires either one parking space per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area or one space per employee. Knight said the proposed use would nominally require seven off‑street spaces; the applicant’s site plan showed existing informal striping at the rear of…
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