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Commission recommends removing ‘senior citizens’ meal limitation from community-center definition
Summary
Planning staff and petitioners argued the line creates ambiguity for special-exception review; commissioners voted to recommend the text change to council amid public opposition from neighbors.
The Allentown City Planning Commission voted on March 11 to recommend a zoning-text amendment that would remove a sentence limiting meal preparation at “community centers” to senior citizens. The petition was filed by RCI Village Properties and the Lehigh Valley Conference of Churches and stems from a recent zoning hearing board decision and a subsequent appeal in common pleas court.
Mike Hanzo, the city zoning officer, summarized staff analysis and said the current definition — which says a community center "may include the nonprofit preparation and provision of meals for senior citizens" — is ambiguous and difficult to apply in special-exception…
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