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Council hears plan to convert former Neumeier Funeral Home into 13 apartments; applicant commits to coordination on refuse and historic review

Harrisburg City Council · January 21, 2026
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Summary

A developer proposed converting the Neumeier Funeral Home at 1332 North 2nd Street into 13 apartments, with 35 off-street spaces and conditions including historic-preservation review and coordination with Public Works on refuse. Council raised affordability, resident displacement, accessibility and parking questions; Lawson moved the plan to the legislative session.

City planning staff presented Resolution 4 of 2026 seeking preliminary/final land development approval for 1332 North 2nd Street, a reuse of the former Neumeier Funeral Home into additional multifamily units.

Jeff (planning staff) explained the project would convert the 5,000-square-foot commercial/first-floor funeral-home area into eight first-floor apartments and yield a total of 13 units in the building (five existing upstairs plus eight new). The site includes an accessory surface parking lot with roughly 35 spaces; planning conditions call for historic-preservation review of exterior alterations and coordination…

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