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Commission recommends adaptive reuse at 213–215 N. Fountain Street with fire-safety and trash conditions

3004825 · March 11, 2025
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Summary

Planning commissioners recommended the conversion of 213–215 North Fountain Street into five apartments and interior parking, subject to fire-department conditions, sewer planning, and secure trash/mail arrangements.

The Allentown Planning Commission on March 11 recommended that 213–215 North Fountain Street be approved for adaptive reuse into multiple residential units, with the commission attaching several conditions addressing fire safety, parking and refuse handling.

Planning staff noted the property sits in the Old Allentown Historic District and within the Traditional Neighborhood Design Overlay and concluded the proposal "meets the TNDO principles by restoring some of the character of the original building" while…

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