Public Hearing – UNT Zoning Ordinance Amendment

The Board of Supervisors of Upper Nazareth Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, will conduct a Public Hearing and consider enactment of the following proposed Ordinance at a Regular Meeting on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at 7:00 P.M. at the Upper Nazareth Township Municipal Building, 100 Newport Avenue, Upper Nazareth Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

The Board of Supervisors invite public comment on the Proposed Ordinance entitled:

An Ordinance amending the Upper Nazareth Township Zoning Ordinance to add double asterisks to Multifamily Dwellings-Apartments under Permitted Uses and to Residential-Attached Uses under Lot Dimensions Standards in the TD-6, Village Mixed Use Zoning District, Quick Views, to provide clarification that apartments shall be limited to a maximum of four (4) dwelling units per lot and shall be limited to being in the same building as a principal commercial use that is on the street level withing the TD-6 District, and adding Table 6.1, Off-Street Parking Requirements, specifically referred to in Part 6, Off-Street Parking and Loading, Section 601.1, Required Number of Off-Street Parking Spaces.

The above-referenced Ordinance in summary amends the Upper Nazareth Township Zoning Ordinance to correct for clerical/typographical errors and omissions made by the consultant in the preparation of the final draft providing clarification that apartments shall be limited to a maximum of four (4) dwelling units per lot and shall be limited to being in the same building as a principal commercial use that is on the street level withing the TD-6 District and adding Table 6.1, Off-Street Parking Requirements, specifically referred to in Part 6, Off-Street Parking and Loading, Section 601.1, which the Township’s consultant had erroneously omitted in the final draft of the Zoning Ordinance.

Copies of the proposed Upper Nazareth Zoning Ordinance are available for public inspection or may be obtained for a charge not greater than the cost thereof at the Upper Nazareth Township Municipal Office, 100 Newport Avenue, Upper Nazareth Township, Pennsylvania, between the hours of 7:30 AM and 3:30 PM, Monday through Friday. Copies of the proposed Upper Nazareth Township Zoning Ordinance are also available for public inspection on the Upper Nazareth Township website: uppernazarethtownship.org, the Northampton County Law Library, Northampton County Courthouse, 669 Washington Street, Easton, Pennsylvania and supplied to The Home News newspaper.

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