They tried to turn an old gas station into a multifamily apartment and it went to the appeals and the NIMBYs tried to push it to the state supreme court! At least they approved it but no wonder nothing gets built.
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>Last time we checked in on 10 Bethlehem Pike back in 2022, local neighbors opposed to the 33 unit mixed-use building were taking their complaints to the courts. At first they found success with the Court of Common Pleas agreeing the ZBA had erred in upholding the zoning permits issued by L&I. However that decision was overturned on appeal this summer, with the courts deciding the project did not require an additional side setback along Summit Street. Now with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court having declined to take up the appeal, this project can finally proceed.
It took two years for this to be resolved and that’s with the state SC declining the appeal. The bureaucratic delay of our court and regulatory systems play a big role in driving up costs for development.
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They tried to turn an old gas station into a multifamily apartment and it went to the appeals and the NIMBYs tried to push it to the state supreme court! At least they approved it but no wonder nothing gets built.
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>Last time we checked in on 10 Bethlehem Pike back in 2022, local neighbors opposed to the 33 unit mixed-use building were taking their complaints to the courts. At first they found success with the Court of Common Pleas agreeing the ZBA had erred in upholding the zoning permits issued by L&I. However that decision was overturned on appeal this summer, with the courts deciding the project did not require an additional side setback along Summit Street. Now with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court having declined to take up the appeal, this project can finally proceed.
It took two years for this to be resolved and that’s with the state SC declining the appeal. The bureaucratic delay of our court and regulatory systems play a big role in driving up costs for development.