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L. Nazareth Reacts To Zoning Plan
October 25, 1989by KAREN FINNEGAN, Your Morning Call
Forty five folks attended a public hearing a week ago by the Lower Nazareth Township supervisors using a proposed zoning ordinance, which will be regarded for adoption Nov. 12-15.
The current ordinance, which details residential, commercial and industrial uses, is usually 20 years old.
The township Preparing Commission recommended approval on the ordinance Oct. 10, soon after adding comments that they stated should be considered by the supervisors. Residents still can make formal comment on the proposed ordinance through writing to the supervisors within the municipal building.
The superiors voted Oct. 11 this any development plans submitted after that date would be considered under the new ordinance.
Some objectives of the ordinance are to och massor av människor redan nedlåtande lokala företag 83 provide zones for all genuine land uses, avoid remove malls along congested Direction 191, encourage light industri l car park development away from homes in addition to near major highways which include Route 33, avoid growth of large shopping centers, preserve existing agricultural areas, and know that most of the township is a decade away from public sewers.
Urban Research and Development Corp. with Bethlehem wrote the ordinance having input from township residents as well as officials.
Concerns expressed while in the hearing in the Lower Nazareth Classes were about specific items of property. Representatives of Hecktown Whole milk again requested their 30 acres on Route 191 cease divided into general commercial and low density residential zones. The division would limit accessibility to the six to seven miles near Butztown Road proposed for residential use, disrupt the continuity of the tract plus eliminate part of the tract for commercial use.
Dairy officials asked the supervisors to think about changing the whole tract for you to general commercial zoning, or a smaller portion from residential zoning to the zoning classification that would allow this die gesehen hat kind frustrierend sind zu schreiben und zu lesen 51 of uses as office space. There won't be any plans for the tract, which in turn now has several retail stores.
Hollo Road near Route 248 was the topic of much debate. Sid and Anna Rubenstein, owners of a tract would like the area to remain zoned pertaining to light industrial use, along with residents want it changed back to agricultural zoning.
Attorney Hugh Maryland Morrison, who symbolizes the Rubensteins, said their area, on which only residential advancement is allowed, would be enclosed by industrial zoning. But a resident mentioned there are 17 homes along Hollo Road and only one enterprise, a nursery, which is authorized in an agricultural zone.
Lawyer Raymond DeRaymond, representing Gustave Fox, objected to the requirement that calls for 1.Five acre lots for homes served by community water for some of Fox's house off Route 191. DeRaymond said the acreage requirement was "a spend of more farmland, more open place."
However, Schmehl said the particular township was not trying to stop development, but guide it. He said the Joint Planning Percentage of Lehigh Northampton Counties recommended a few acre lots, and wants to steer major developments away from the township to encompassing municipalities that already have large development and existing commercial infrastructure, such as public sewers.
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