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Board approves steep‑slope disturbance variance for proposed senior day‑care at consolidated Lehigh Street site
Summary
The board granted a variance to disturb a small area of mapped steep slopes to allow consolidation of 1415/1425 Lehigh St. and construction of a roughly 15,100 sq ft senior life/adult day‑care facility, finding the disturbed area de minimis and requiring subsequent land‑development, DEP/NPDES and PennDOT coordination.
The Allentown Zoning Hearing Board approved a variance Nov. 10 allowing Allentown Properties Associates to disturb a small amount of steep slope area as part of consolidating two Lehigh Street parcels and preparing the site for redevelopment.
Engineer Don Peters testified the consolidated site would total about 1.77 acres (~77,101 sq ft) and identified approximately…
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