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Zoning board allows synthetic turf at Triple P Fitness on Front Street with conditions
Summary
The zoning hearing board approved a special exception to permit engineered synthetic turf in the front yard at 2609 North Front Street for supervised private training, subject to conditions addressing setback, landscaping, pedestrian access, floodplain review and stormwater coordination with Capital Region Water.
The City of Harrisburg Zoning Hearing Board on Aug. 18 granted a special exception allowing synthetic turf in the front yard at 2609 North Front Street, the Triple P Fitness property, subject to planning bureau and planning commission conditions.
Planning Director Jeffrey Knight explained the request is a special-exception matter because the turf installation constitutes development within the 50-foot front-yard setback in the Riverfront (RF) zoning district. Knight said that existing nonconforming parking already encroaches into much of the front yard and that the proposed turf would expand an existing nonconforming condition; for that…
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