Meeting Time: September 30, 2020 at 6:00pm EDT
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Notice is hereby given that the Allentown City Council will consider for possible adoption an Ordinance amending the City of Allentown Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map. This proposed amendment, of which this Notice is a summary, proposes to amend the Zoning Ordinance To Allow The Existing "Pocket Neighborhood Development" Option In The R-MP Zoning District And To Revise The Zoning Map To Apply The R-MP District To Land East Of S. St. Elmo Street And Generally South Of W. Fairview Street. Under the authority and procedures of Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended, the City Council of the City of Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania hereby approves and enacts the following map change and amendment to the City of Allentown Zoning Ordinance: Part One. The Official Zoning Map shall be revised so that the R-MP district shall apply to 3 parcels located east of S. St. Elmo Street and south of W. Fairview Street, as identified specifically on the attached map, which is labeled "Exhibit A." Part Two: In Section 1313.01.A., which lists allowed uses in Residential Districts, the existing use of "Pocket Neighborhood Development" shall be changed to "P" for permitted by right in the column for the R-MP zoning district. Part Three. Repealer. All ordinances or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance Amendment are hereby repealed to the extent of the inconsistency. Part Four. Severability. The provisions of this Ordinance Amendment are declared to be severable. If any provision of this Ordinance Amendment is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional, such determination shall have no effect on the remaining provisions of this Ordinance Amendment or other sections of the Zoning Ordinance. Effective Date. That this Ordinance will take effect ten (10) days after final passage. City Council will consider the foregoing at a Public Hearing on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at 6:00 PM in Council Chambers, 435 Hamilton Street, Allentown, PA 18101.