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Committee forwards change to Allentown zoning definition to clarify meal service at community centers
Summary
The Community and Economic Development Committee voted to send Bill 16 to full council after discussion and public comment on removing a provision that limited meal services at community centers to senior citizens.
The Allentown City Community and Economic Development Committee on an unrecorded voice vote moved Bill 16 to the full City Council for a public hearing and further consideration. The proposal would amend the city zoning code (Chapter 660, Section 6605) to remove language that limits meal preparation and provision at community centers to senior citizens.
City planning staff said the requested text change is intended to remove ambiguity that has prompted enforcement and legal disputes. "The petitioner is requesting the definition of community center be amended to more readily facilitate the provision of meals in a social service setting," city staff said, describing the proposal to strike the sentence that restricts meal provision to senior citizens. Staff and both the Allentown City Planning Commission and the Lehigh Valley…
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