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Allentown Zoning Board Denies Plan to Rebuild 30 S. Jefferson as Two‑Unit Residences
Summary
On Jan. 13, 2025 the Allentown City Zoning Hearing Board denied a special‑use/variance application to rebuild a fire‑damaged property at 30 South Jefferson Street as two rental units, citing multiple dimensional variances and parking concerns; the board voted 2–1.
The Allentown City Zoning Hearing Board on Jan. 13, 2025 denied an application to rebuild the fire‑damaged property at 30 South Jefferson Street as a two‑unit residential building, voting 2–1.
Owner Abbu Bakar Shaw and his design and construction team told the board they plan to demolish the fire‑ruined structure and rebuild a two‑unit building to provide smaller, marketable rental units and to improve housing stock. Developer and contractor witnesses described a proposed building footprint of roughly 1,936 square feet (built in‑kind), a narrow lot (16 by 105 feet) and a plan that would provide two off‑street parking spaces in the rear by removing existing, tight garages and installing surface parking.
Applicant consultant Matt Longenberger (landscape…
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