Bethlehem developer Abe Atiyeh can\u2019t find the right fit for his property at 530 Milford St.<\/p>\n
After various failed attempts to develop the property, Atiyeh will go before the Palmer Township zoning hearing board Tuesday and ask for permission to put in a self-storage facility.<\/p>\n
A previous developer got permission to build medical offices in 2008 but never followed through. <\/p>\n
Atiyeh bought the property in 2018. He leased the lot to a third party to store tractor trailers. The township got a court order in 2020 to have 50 tractor trailers removed<\/a>.<\/p>\n Then, Atiyeh got permission in 2022<\/a> for an 84-unit apartment building. That plan is \u201cinfeasible and undesirable in the development market,\u201d Atiyeh wrote in his development application to the township.<\/p>\n Nobody wants to build apartments<\/a> because the plot is zoned for heavy industrial use but abuts a residential neighborhood, Atiyeh wrote.<\/p>\n Atiyeh said he found a partner willing to develop a modern, climate-controlled self-storage site he calls \u201ca reasonable and functional use for the property.\u201d<\/p>\n Storage facilities are not permitted by right in the heavy industrial zone, so Atiyeh needs zoning approval to move ahead. He wants permission to build the facility 50-feet high rather than the 35-foot limit for that area.<\/p>\n A lower height will mean an \u201cinefficient, spread-out design with greater earth disturbance and reduced buffers,\u201d he wrote. Atiyeh got permission for the height variance when the apartments were approved, according to his application.<\/p>\n Atiyeh needs a waiver from the requirement for 111 parking spaces. His plan calls for 23 spaces. The storage facility will have limited demand for parking, the application says.<\/p>\n And he needs permission to put in a 120-square-foot half digital sign.<\/p>\n Atiyeh is slated to appear at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28, before the zoning hearing board<\/a> in the lower level of the township building at 3 Weller Place.<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bethlehem developer Abe Atiyeh can\u2019t find the right fit for his property at 530 Milford St. After various…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-17688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}