This hearing will be held in person at the Township Municipal Building at 4444 Walbert Ave. It will also be streamed online. You can access the livestream HERE. Please note that there will be no virtual public participation and no recording of the hearing will be posted on the Township website.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the Zoning Hearing Board of South Whitehall Township will hold a public hearing on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 07, 2023, at 7:00 P.M. in the South Whitehall Township Municipal Building located at 4444 Walbert Avenue, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, for the following zoning appeal:
THE APPEAL OF PARKLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN CONTINUED AND WILL NOT BE HEARD THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 07, 2023.
ZHB-2023-07: The Appeal of Parkland School District seeking relief of the required number of parking spaces for the new District Operations Center with Administrative Offices where 139 spaces are required and the school district is proposing 112 spaces, therefore, seeking a variance of 27 parking spaces from the South Whitehall Township Codified Ordinance Section 350-48(s)(4)(D) Secondary School Use minimum off-street parking calculations. The subject property is zoned RR-2 (Rural Residential). The subject parcel address is 2619 Stadium Road, Tax ID No. 547719272143 1.
ZHB-2023-08: The Appeal of Deborah and Larry Panik seeking relief from the Residential Solar Energy System of the South Whitehall Township Codified Ordinance Section 350-48(s)(13)(E)(ii)(b) where the yard area devoted to ground mounted systems shall not exceed the lesser of 500 square feet or 10 square feet per every 1,000 square feet of lot area. The application proposes coverage of 1,418 square feet of area for the ground mount solar system. The existing lot size is 0.72 acres which allows for 313.632 square feet of area allowable for a solar energy ground mount system. The subject property is zoned RR (Rural Residential). The subject parcel address is 1919 Brickyard Road, Tax ID No. 547775677860 1.
ZHB-2023-08 -2023.10.06 Application for Deborah and Larry Panik
ZHB-2023-08 - 2023.10.06 Site Plan
ZHB-2023-08 - 2023.11.29 CD ZONING - ZO Memo to ZHB Board for Deborah Panik for December 07 Hearing
A CONTINUANCE HAS BEEN REQUESTED FROM SHIA ITHNA’ASHERI JAMAAT OF PA AND THE APPEAL WILL NOT BE HEARD ON THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 07, 2023.
ZHB-2023-09: The Appeal of Shia Ithna’asheri Jamaat of Pennsylvania seeking a Favorable Interpretation of the South Whitehall Township Codified Ordinance Section 350-48(p)(4) to allow Recreation Facility and Recreation Fields as ancillary to a Place of Worship; and a Variance in the Alternative from Section 350-48(r)(3) to allow a Recreation Facility Use on the property; and a Special Exception in accordance with Section 350-48(r)(4)(E) to allow recreation fields on the property; and Variances from Off-Street Parking requirements under Sections 350-48(p)(4)(D) Place of Worship Minimum Off-Street Parking Calculations, 350-48(r)(3)(D) Recreation Facility Minimum Off-Street Parking Calculations, and 350-48(r)(4)(D) Recreation Fields Minimum Off-Street Parking Calculations. The subject property is zoned R3 (Low Density Residential). The subject parcel address is 1500 Ridgeview Drive, Tax ID No. 547752233175 1.
The above-referenced properties are located in South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Copies of any plans, applications, and/or supporting documents that were submitted can be available for public inspection at the Township Building during normal business hours where they may be examined without charge or obtained for a charge not greater than the cost thereof (it is recommended that appointments be made in advance).
Laura Harrier, Zoning Officer
