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Approval of 9-story building spurs Bethlehem lawsuitCity Council gave the project a green light last month
Author: 69 News , follow: @69news, [email protected]: Dec 03 2014 04:35:13 PM EST Updated On: Dec 04 2014 09:15:45 AM EST
BETHLEHEM, Pa. -The South BethlehemHistorical Society has filed alawsuit against the city to stopconstruction of a nine-storybuilding on South FourthStreet.
The suit was filed Tuesday inNorthampton County Court.
On Nov. 5, Bethlehem CityCouncil voted 4-2 to approve a"certificate of appropriateness"
for the proposed 37-unit apartment high-rise to be built on the southeast corner of Fourth and Vinestreets.
The suit contends that City Council failed to providereasons for the action it took in writing, as it legally isrequired to do by state law.
It also maintains City Council failed to consider theimpact construction of the building will have on thatsouth Bethlehem historic district.
Historical society president Stephen Barron said hewants the city to abide by its own ordinances.
He said the size and scale of the project doesn't fit the south Bethlehem neighborhood.
Barron said the foundation for the proposed building will go down 20 feet, deeper than thefoundations of neighboring buildings, and not enough research has been done to determine how
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that will impact those other structures.
He also wants research done into how much traffic the new apartment building will generate.
He said the city should have a proper hearing on the building, which is proposed to have arestaurant on its street level.
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