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Zoning board approves apartment conversion at 519 North Main Avenue with paving condition
Summary
The Zoning Hearing Board granted a homeowner’s request to convert a former commercial storefront at 519 North Main Ave into a one‑bedroom apartment, subject to paving a new rear parking area and related stipulations; the vote was 3‑0 in favor.
The Scranton Zoning Hearing Board unanimously approved a request to convert a former storefront at 519 North Main Avenue into a one‑bedroom residential apartment.
Applicant Sean Begum, a Scranton contractor, told the board the space measures about 720 square feet and would be reconfigured into a single one‑bedroom unit with front and rear exits. Begum said the project will rely on a rear lot he acquired from the Land Bank and that he expects to create the required parking there once weather permits.
Board members asked for a parking plan and for the applicant to pave the rear lot serving both this property and an adjacent unit under construction. Begum and counsel agreed to a stipulation that the city would not issue occupancy for the adjacent unit until the lot is paved. With that condition in place the board voted 3‑0 to grant the variance/conversion request.
The board’s approval included the condition that the rear lot be improved and paved to provide the agreed parking allocation before the city issues occupancy for the adjacent unit.
