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Proposed Ordinance 141-BB - REZONE N/W CORNER OF RT. 309 & PASSER ROAD FROM SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL
Notice is hereby provided pursuant to Sections 609(b) and 610 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. §§ 10609(b) and 10610, that the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Upper Saucon (hereinafter, “Supervisors”) will hold a public hearing on the 12th day of August, 2024, commencing at 6:30 p.m. at the Upper Saucon Township municipal building, located at 5500 Camp Meeting Road, Center Valley, Pennsylvania, to take public comment and input concerning the adoption of an amendment to the Upper Saucon Township Zoning Ordinance, Official Zoning Map. The proposed amendment is identified as Ordinance No. 141-BB (“the Ordinance”).
The Supervisors intend to consider passage of the Ordinance at a public meeting to be held on the 12th day of August, 2024, commencing after the above-noted public hearing. The public meeting shall take place at the Upper Saucon Township municipal building located at 5500 Camp Meeting Road, Center Valley, Pennsylvania.
The following constitutes a summary of the Ordinance prepared pursuant to Section 610(a) of the Municipalities Planning Code, as amended, 53 P.S. § 10610(a).
The title of the Ordinance is “AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE UPPER SAUCON TOWNSHIP ZONING ORDINANCE OF 2009 BY AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF UPPER SAUCON TOWNSHIP TO CHANGE THE ZONING DESIGNATION OF THREE TRACTS OF LAND TOTALLING 3.579 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, LOCATED ALONG PASSER ROAD AND MAIN STREET AND IDENTIFIED BY LEHIGH COUNTY TAX PARCEL NOS. 642442635317-1, 642442423678-1 AND 642442461793-1, FROM SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL (R-2) TO COMMERCIAL (C) ZONING DISTRICT.”
The Ordinance will become effective 5 days after enactment. All other ordinances or parts thereof in conflict are repealed to the extent of such conflict. The Ordinance contains Legislative Findings explaining its history, purpose, intent and rationale, and a savings clause. It amends the Township’s Official Zoning Map by changing the zoning classification of 3 tracts of land from Suburban Residential (R-2) to Commercial (C). The tract addresses are 3875 W. Passer Road, 6553 N. Main St., and 6501 N. Main St., Coopersburg, PA 18036. Attached Exhibits include legal descriptions and a plat of the properties to be re-zoned and a plat depicting the proposed rezoning.
Copies of Ordinance No. 141-BB may be examined without charge or obtained upon payment of a fee at the Upper Saucon Township municipal building located at 5500 Camp Meeting Road, Center Valley, Pennsylvania, during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. In addition, and in accordance with Section 610 of the Municipalities Planning Code, as amended, 53 P.S. § 10610, attested copies of the proposed Ordinance have been filed in the Lehigh County Department of Law (Lehigh County Government Center, 17 S. 7th Street, Allentown, PA) and supplied to The Morning Call newspaper.
UPPER SAUCON TOWNSHIP
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
JOHN INGLIS, CHAIRMAN