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January 9, 2024 ·12:15 PM Final-revised

Council Chambers https://rebrand.ly/ACPC-JANUARY-9 (717) 740-2323 Conference ID: 397 886 046#

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Agenda — 15 items

  1. 1 Call to Order
  2. 2 1. Approval of Minutes of Public Meeting of December 12th.
  3. 3 INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES
  4. 4 2. Subject: Act 537 (Sewage Facilities Program, Allentown) City Staff: Compliance Office, Dept. Of Public Works Description: Progress and Status of Sewage Planning, Act 537 Plan
  5. 5 LAND DEVELOPMENT
  6. 6 3. Project: Wawa (Proposed Wawa) Applicant: Dan Glass Location: 3015 Lehigh Street Description: Consolidate two of the three existing lots. Lot line change between the consolidated lot and the third lot. Demo existing features on consolidated lot and construct a convenience store with gas station. Keep third lot in the existing condition and under the same ownership. File: LMA 2023-00018 Waiver Requests: · §350-28.E(3) Storm sewers shall be required to have a minimum diameter of 15 inches and shall be made of reinforced concrete. The applicant requests relief to permit 12 inches HPDE storm sewer pipes. · §355-11.B The horizontal distance from either the toe or top of an excavation or fill slope line shall be five feet or 1/2 the vertical height of the fill or excavation from any adjoining property or easement line, whichever is greater. The City shall have the authority to modify this requirement in instances where it is demonstrated that such modification is needed to secure desirable interrelationships between properties and will not result in a condition detrimental to the adjacent property. The applicant requests relief to permit the disturbance within five (5) feet of the property line. · §538-18.I The minimum circular orifice diameter from controlling discharge rates from detention facilities shall be three (3) inches. Due to lack of infiltration capability on site and the presence of Karst Geology, an MRC BMP Stormwater management system is required to meet the sites volume control. To meet the required release rate for an MRC BMP, the required orifice is less than three (3) inches. The applicant requests relief to provide a smaller orifice for the MRC BMP.
  7. 7 ADAPTIVE REUSE
  8. 8 4. Project: Residential Building Submission: Adaptive Reuse - REVISION Applicant: Home Investment Location: 732 W. Tilghman Street Description: Proposal to use for 6 residential apartments, retail on 1st floor, and 3 interior parking spaces. File: 23-07 (SP)
  9. 9 5. Project: Residential Building Submission: Adaptive Reuse Applicant: Exchange 32, LLC Location: 2236-2280 S. 12th Street Description: Request to convert existing building into 40 apartment units File: 23-11 (SP)
  10. 10 6. Project: Residential Building Submission: Adaptive Reuse - REVISION Applicant: SAXA Homes LLC Location:1002 - 1010 Walnut Street Description: Convert machine shop/ storage/ warehouse/ wholesale to 31 dwelling units File: 23- 10 (SP)
  11. 11 EXTENSION
  12. 12 7. Project: The Landmark Submission: Request to re-extend timeline Applicant: Umran Global Investment Location: 90 S. 9th Street Description: Proposed 33-story mixed-use building File: LMA-2014-00010
  13. 13 Other Business:
  14. 14 8. Election of Chairs / Vice Chairs
  15. 15 !! APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND !! ANY QUESTIONS? CALL 610-437-7611