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Commission grants parking relief for meat processing use at 23100 North 7th Street with conditions
Summary
The Planning Commission granted a special exception to allow a meat processing use at 23100 North 7th Street and approved relief from the off‑street parking requirement, subject to conditions including removal of informal rear spaces, secure bike storage, and physical curb obstructions to prevent illegal sidewalk parking.
The Harrisburg Planning Commission on Nov. 6 approved a special exception and off‑street parking relief to allow a meat processing operation at 23100 North 7th Street, subject to three conditions intended to preserve vehicle and pedestrian access.
Planning staff said the zoning code (Section 7‑327.6) requires off‑street parking for the proposed use at either one space per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area or one space per employee; based on the building's 6,702 square feet, that calculation would require seven off‑street spaces. Staff recommended approval of relief because the property has been vacant since 2018 and there is sufficient on‑street parking nearby; staff proposed conditions to address access and illegal sidewalk parking.
The commission approved three conditions recommended by staff: remove informal parking spaces behind the building that block vehicular access, provide secure indoor bike storage or a concrete pad with racks for employees, and install physical obstructions along the curb (for example small concrete blocks or posts in the grass strip) to prevent vehicles from driving onto the sidewalk and illegally parking.
Saad Ali, who identified himself as president of the applicant company and the address owner, said he accepted the conditions and discussed delivery logistics, saying deliveries will be by box truck and timed to avoid peak operations. Jeff (planning bureau staff) explained there are currently painted, informal spaces behind the building that staff recommends eliminating because they impede access to the garage door and also to a neighboring property; staff said two legitimate spaces can be configured without blocking access and that on‑street parking should accommodate the remainder if ‘no parking’ signs are removed by the city engineer's office as staff anticipated.
One additional on‑record note: the law bureau asked Saad Ali, as a corporate property owner, to meet with city staff about separate compliance issues concerning trash billing; that request was unrelated to the parking decision and was recorded on the meeting record.
With a motion and second, the commission approved the special exception and the conditional parking relief; the motion carried.
