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Allentown zoning board denies nail-salon application at 727 North Sixth Street
Summary
The Allentown Zoning Hearing Board denied a request to reestablish a full-service nail salon at 727 North Sixth Street, citing neighborhood parking and intensity of use. The board denied the application without prejudice, allowing the owner to reapply consistent with the 1998 conditions.
The Allentown Zoning Hearing Board on May 19 denied a special-use/appeal application to reestablish a nail salon at 727 North Sixth Street, concluding the proposed operation would expand a prior, smaller use and increase parking and neighborhood impacts.
The board’s vote denied the applicant’s request but did so “without prejudice,” meaning the owner may return with a revised application that conforms to the conditions of the prior 1998 approval. The denial followed testimony from the property owner, the proposed tenant and a neighborhood objector about hours, staffing, parking and the property’s past use.
Owner Joel Pierre testified that he purchased the building believing the existing salon use could continue. Proposed tenant Sulanlly Adams (spelled in the…
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