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Formal opposition to a proposed land rezoning on Creek Road in Bethlehem city appears to be building in the Saucon Valley, as does resident dissatisfaction with it; dissatisfaction which apparently prompted the launch of a website/petition called “Save Creek Road.”
Citing parking concerns, the members of Hellertown Borough Council voted unanimously to oppose a proposal to convert a former commercial dry cleaning facility located at 330 Linden Avenue into a 10-unit apartment building.
Just over a year after purchasing it, the Borough of Fountain Hill recently sold the property containing the former Hosey–at a six-figure profit–to a private developer.
This Thursday, Feb. 13 at 5 p.m., the Bethlehem City Planning Commission is scheduled to hear a request by developer Abraham Atiyeh to have acreage he owns at 2105 Creek Road rezoned from rural residential (RR) to residential retirement complex (RRC).
You wouldn’t believe me if I told you how beautiful the Lanark area was. It’s all highway and merging interstate lanes now. It’s a place you don’t look at. It’s a place you just want to get through alive and forget.
Opponents of a controversial rezoning decision made by Hellertown Borough Council Jan. 21 celebrated its reversal Monday night, which occurred when Mayor David Heintzelman vetoed the decision, and council failed to override the veto.
A rezoning decision made by Hellertown Borough Council at its meeting Tuesday is being panned by many Saucon Valley residents, including some who have signed a petition requesting that it be reconsidered and reversed, if possible.
Residents who live in the area of a nearly 7-acre parcel of land on Easton Road in Hellertown packed a borough council meeting Monday to express their opposition to a proposed rezoning of it that would allow townhomes, multi-family dwellings and other types of high-density housing (other than single family dwellings) to be built on it.
Neighbors are speaking out about a request to rezone a nearly seven-acre property on Easton Road in Hellertown, which borough council will hear at a public hearing during their meeting this Tuesday, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m.
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