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Zoning board denies use variance request to convert upper floors at 7th & Allen into self‑storage

5448187 · June 30, 2025
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Summary

The Zoning Hearing Board denied Allentown Property LLC’s request for a use variance to operate a self‑storage facility on the vacant second through fourth floors above an existing supermarket, citing insufficient evidence of hardship and lack of marketing/parking analysis.

The Allentown Zoning Hearing Board on June 30 denied Allentown Property LLC’s request for a use variance to operate a self‑storage facility in the vacant second through fourth floors of the building at Seventh and Allen streets. The applicant sought permission to use the upper floors above an existing supermarket for self‑storage and to expand the small existing fourth floor to the full building footprint.

Attorney Anthony Brickdale presented the application and introduced witnesses from the owner/developer, Allentown Property LLC: Christian Trujillo (company representative), Eduardo (Eddie) Trujillo (owner) and architect John Scirocco. The applicant said the…

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