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Board approves 12‑unit adaptive reuse at 100 N. 13th with conditions
Summary
The zoning hearing board approved the adaptive reuse of a long‑vacant industrial building at 100 North 13th Street into 12 residential units and a 15‑space parking lot; the developer said the project will be privately financed and priced to the neighborhood rather than meeting the city's formal affordability definition.
The Harrisburg Zoning Hearing Board voted Feb. 23 to approve plans to convert the long‑vacant building at 100 North 13th Street into a 12‑unit multifamily dwelling and to construct an accessory 15‑space parking lot on adjoining consolidated parcels.
Planning director Mr. Knight told the board the current project reduces the number of zoning relief requests compared with an earlier iteration because the applicant consolidated adjacent vacant lots, allowing the 12 units and required parking largely by right. The planning commission recommended approval with conditions that include filing a land development plan, receiving planning commission and city council approvals for subsequent steps, obtaining a HARB certificate for the parking area in the architectural conservation overlay, coordinating stormwater and refuse collection with public works and Capital Region Water, and installing required vegetative screening and bike parking.
Attorney Ash Mccomi and Jared Neil of Halden Horizons, the developer, answered board questions on remediation and financing. Neil said the team completed Phase I environmental due diligence, will remove an identified tank and found no other contaminant indicators. Neil said the project will be privately financed (no federal or state grants) and that rents "won't meet the city's definitions of affordable" but will be set at levels affordable for the neighborhood area based on a market analysis.
A board member raised safety and circulation concerns because the school district uses 13th and Walnut for student drop‑off; the applicant said the proposed parking will be on Lynen and Calamus streets and offered to notify the school district to coordinate if the change affects pickup/drop‑off patterns.
A motion to approve the application subject to the planning commission's conditions was seconded and passed. The board chair said a written decision will be issued within 45 days.
