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Zoning Hearing Board Meeting - November 18th, 2024

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apologize for the L

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you

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first

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we also

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okay yep uh Michael O Conor the first

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one is uh continued from uh old business

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application

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2588 and uh it's 27 43 North Front

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Street and I'll read in the uh

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exhibits so we got uh B1 is the proof of

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publication in The Patriot news B2 is

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applicants uh notification letters to

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required neighbors B3 is the

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application uh with attachments at add

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business plan photos of exterior and

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interior of the property B4 is a d to

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the property establishing applicants

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standing to pursue uh the application B5

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is the planning case report B6 is the uh

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Harrisburg Planning Commission

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resolution B7 is a letter sent from the

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planning director to the applicant

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notifying of the hearing and B8 is the

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hearing notice posting uh that was

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posted on the property so with that we

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got B1 through B8 previously we had A's

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one and two as they were continuance

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requests so

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I

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do uh yes so the uh case before uh the

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board tonight uh for 2588 uh is a

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special exception request uh the

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applicant is proposing to establish a

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Supportive Housing facility use on site

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uh the proposal requires zhb approval of

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a special exception uh per section

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73057 of the zoning code uh so the

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applicant um uh that what existed

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previously on site was essentially very

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similar use um it was the offices uh for

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um I believe uh Arc alternative

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Rehabilitation Center I believe is what

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it was called um and they managed a

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similar population to that of uh what

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the applicants are proposing um it was

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just an office use so occupied during

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the day as opposed to occupied um um 247

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uh so the current proposal is for a

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facility for um youth that are exiting

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the foster care system um and 18 to 24

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year olds I believe uh and the

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applicants uh organization works with

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such individuals to help prepare them um

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for life on their own uh teaching them

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Services helping them get uh things like

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geds um and basically providing a place

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for for them to live while they uh get

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on their feet um as noted the uh

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proposal is very similar to the existing

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use um or to the previous use on site so

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the it's anticipated that the uh impacts

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from the proposed use will be similar uh

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and will not have adverse impacts on the

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surrounding neighborhood um with that

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being said the Planning Commission

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recommended that the zoning hearing

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board approve the request with the

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following conditions uh the applicant

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will provide the planning Bureau with

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all federal state and County licenses of

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the facility operator to ensure that

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they that the proposed uses in

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conformance with the applicable specific

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criteria in the zoning code um the

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Planning Commission recommends that the

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zoning hearing board approve the request

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for the following reasons propos will be

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similar to that of the previous business

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on site which operated for 23 years and

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will accommodate the same population

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groups as such impacts should be similar

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in nature and uh the proposed use seeks

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to address a vulnerable population and

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provide them with Services which enable

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personal growth and self-sufficiency

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allowing them to thrive after their time

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at the facility

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so David cus um 3510 Road Pennsylvania

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owner of the

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building

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excuse D Allen Thrive Housing Services

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I'm the executive director uh 2601

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Walnut Street Harrisburg C

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1713 and

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yes yes so appreciate that very much so

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one of the things that's

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been we do fix flips but we want to

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really for

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I but so KN that had already been AAR

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there no aders back previously one of

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things we did also we did list and have

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a meeting withing Comm we have multiple

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members from the come and they all

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support which we thought was awesome

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we approve what we're doing as well um

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but that's

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what

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so the license requires a 24hour staff

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and we'll be working with Dolphin County

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and the state to provide the services um

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the license is from the Department of

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Human Services from the state um but the

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county is the overseer of the referrals

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so they would be referring um kids to

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the program but the requirements of the

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license is that we have to have the

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24hour

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St and what and what will be the St in

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the 247 like how many people you know

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need to be there what type or that Tye

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you know what what is necessary um the

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license requires a 1 to six at night and

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a two to eight during the day um so we

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will comply with that but we will have

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um additional staff because um our

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agency requires two staff um in the

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facility at all times since there only

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be eight kids um there it's a small

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number of kids but we will have two

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staff on site at all times okay so it is

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like 1 to six staff at Night 2 to 8

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during the day right and it is up to8 or

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will be eight right whatever but that's

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it okay

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excent I see the only thing is you know

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look through all the exception does look

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like we check every single was happy to

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see that you for sure

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no you

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can is there one uh is there a condition

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is there just one condition just the one

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condition basically about satisfying the

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specific criteria got it

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okay and the Planning

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Commission second

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I okay so what

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is uh right

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2590 right okay

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all right so it's application

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2590 uh 1100 North 6

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Street and the exhibits are B1 proof of

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publication Patriot news um November 3rd

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and November 10th 2024 B2 is a letter

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sent from the planning director to the

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applicant notifying of tonight's hearing

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B3 hearing notice uh posted on the

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property uh before applicants notif

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ification letters to required neighbors

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B5 is the application with attached uh

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photos um and plans B6 is a deed uh to

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the property establishing applicant

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owner standing to pursue the zoning

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relief B7 planning Bureau case report

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and B8 is the uh city of Harrisburg

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Planning Commission resolution so B1

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through

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B8 uh yes so uh case number 259

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um as noted involves a special exception

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uh and that is because the existing free

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standing sign itself is legally

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non-conforming uh because such signage

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is not permitted by right in the RM

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District in which the property is

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located um so in

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evaluating um uh what Z relief would be

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necessary um you know we just looked at

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as a special exception because the signs

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existing as a non-conformance and as an

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expansion of that non-conforming aspect

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um with respect

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uh to the actual proposal uh in the

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request uh we had indicated that they're

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increasing the signage height from 42

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feet to 6 feet it appears that actually

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um uh to 7 and 1 12 ft um 90 in and the

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size from 7 to 12 squ fet uh the size of

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the signage face is actually 24 Square F

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feet uh our initial review of the

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project was based upon the applicant

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statements that would be similar to um

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their existing sign and to a nearby sign

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for Cumberland Court Apartments and that

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was how we had kind of determined that

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but we got additional documentation from

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the applicant after the Planning

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Commission meeting that uh clarified

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what their uh new uh signage was going

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to look like um so the applicants are uh

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basically uh looking for signage uh or

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increased signage because their existing

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sign is not really visible uh if you've

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ever driven down Sixth Street there um

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you know in addition uh to uh the large

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setback and kind of the small sign where

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it's located uh the corridor itself is

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fairly busy um and there's a number of

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different um uh activities going on

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whether it's Broad Street Market or uh

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the school the Ben Franklin School right

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there and then there's offices and

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apartment building that's directly

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across the street from this property um

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it does make it a little bit diff

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difficult to um Identify the property to

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to read it uh to determine you know that

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it's maybe what you're looking for um

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with the existing sign and um I think a

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lot of the same uh regulation or a lot

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of the same considerations that appli to

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the school district's uh signage

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proposal for uh across the street at

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1012 North 6 Street uh apply here um the

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conditions are obviously similar in that

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case the zoning District was uh

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institutional and not RM so uh although

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it was uh less restrictive um again the

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same issues with visibility

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identification um and conveyance of

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information uh apply here in this uh

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scenario uh so with that being said uh

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um and the applicants are proposing to

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relocate the sign uh from its existing

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position kind of right near the building

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and the uh pedestrian access up a short

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flight of stairs uh closer to the

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vehicular access uh they have a parking

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lot that's uh kind of shared with the

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Cumberland Court departments and access

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from six Street uh and this sign will be

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located closer to that vular entrance uh

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and in addition to kind of better

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identifying where the parking lot for

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the for the facility is um it's less uh

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obstructed by trees uh this location so

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it will be much more visible uh and uh

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you know definitely clear for the

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public that being said the Planning

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Commission has recommended that the

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zoning hearing board approve the request

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with the following conditions uh the

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applicant will ensure that the sign must

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be installed at least 5T from the

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property line along North 6 Street uh in

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the uh attached rendering I think it

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looks like it's probably a little bit um

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closer than that so they'll just have to

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uh move it a little bit you know kind of

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into the site and it looks like

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sufficient room to do so uh per the uh

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rendering um to ensure that it's 5T

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outside of the uh setback uh and then

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the Planning Commission recommended that

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the zoning hearing board approve the

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request for the following reasons uh the

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applicant has met their burden of proof

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demonstrating the special exception

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request should be approved by the zoning

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hearing board although the existing sign

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is legally non-conforming its height and

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size are similar to regulatory

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allowances for other types of signs in

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the RM district and the proposed sign

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does not differ significantly or does

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not significantly increase these aspects

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uh given the context of the installation

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site with the proposed sign located

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along a large Frontage and across the

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street from a large internally

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illuminated freestanding sign that was

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approved earlier this year at the Ben

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Franklin School it is reasonable to

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conclude that the Propst sign will not

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create adverse impacts on surrounding

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Properties or be contrary to the general

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character of the neighborhood uh and the

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proposed sign will be more conspicuous

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and better identify both the applicant's

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location as well as the vehicular entry

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point helping to provide safer traffic

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circulation for visitors and the General

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Public

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uh Gary Brinton 105 Holly Hills Drive

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Harrisburg Pennsylvania and I

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do

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I um I don't have much to add except I

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hope um we can clearly establish where

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the setback should be in working with

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our

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we'll do that as well make sure that

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that occurs and

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um I just hope that uh we can get

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approval so we can proceed and then

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it'll be more attractive and easily to

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get to have a lot of people saying we

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can't find

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you right

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and it's mainly just for the planning so

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je this one that was in the the uh

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exhibit so this would have been

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with the application probably later you

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know submitt or added that was just

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showing you is showing you what these

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numbers add up to what I think it is

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such as has

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24 uh Square ft the total uh it's like

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4X six right and it looks to be 7 and

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1/2 ft in height so that seems to be

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what I'm looking at in this packet seems

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to be what what it is so um yeah

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and just to make sure that you're okay

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as far as with the just that one

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condition with it being five five feet

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right that's just uh uh right that

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that's okay with the applicant as well

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just that one thing yep

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okay with condition

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office from the S the condition stated

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in the resolution y

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second

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I okay

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okay so we have 20 application

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2591 uh 2537 North fth

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Street um and the exhibits are B1 proof

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of

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publication B2 is a letter sent from the

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planning director to the applicant

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notifying of the hearing B3 is the

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hearing notice posted on the property B4

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applicants notification letters to uh

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the neighbors B5

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application uh with a attachments plans

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photos that type of thing B6 is a d to

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the property establishing applicant

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owners standing to pursue the zoning

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relief B7 planning Bureau case report

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and B8 city of Harrisburg Planning

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Commission resolution so B1 through

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ba8 sure uh so the the following three

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cases uh although um uh listed

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separately as 2591 2592 and 2593 all

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involve the uh same applicant the

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Harrisburg School District and roughly

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the uh similar Sage proposals um and uh

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these are relatively similar to uh the

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science proposals that as referenced in

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the last case uh the boards reviewed and

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approved earlier this year uh with

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respect to the signage for 2537 North

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Fifth Street uh the applicant is

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proposing to install a new internally

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illuminated freestanding sign which

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requires relief from three aspects of

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the signage regulations regarding size

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height and illumination The Proposal

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requires approval of three variances for

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a sign larger uh than permitted by W and

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that's 33.3 s ft by um versus by right

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is 8 square feet sign taller than

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permitted by right that's 7.3 feet uh

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versus the permitted height of 4 feet

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and an internally illuminated sign um

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you know I think uh this is very similar

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to uh the case for 301 hail Avenue uh

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that was reviewed um and is similar in

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that the existing um building and the

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existing site did not include any uh

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signage um or minimal signage both

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identifying the property for what it was

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and being able to commute uh communicate

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information to the to the public uh and

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to parents and students um there's

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obviously a large uh setback on this

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property um with a fenc in yard at the

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front and then there's a uh good bit of

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space between the sidewalk and that

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fencing in which the proposed sign will

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be installed um the sign is going to be

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facing uh perpendicular to the roadway

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so there were some concerns referenced

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at the Planning Commission meeting about

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potential light spill over onto adjacent

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properties um because of the way the uh

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sign will be configured uh there will be

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no light whatsoever pointed at the um

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adjacent properties across North Fifth

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Street um um and in fact uh the

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illumination created by the signs is

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relatively minimal if the um sign at

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1012 nor six street is anything to go by

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um it's there's not a lot of glare it's

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generally pretty contained uh within the

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signage face um and so you know we do

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not anticipate any adverse impacts like

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a internally illuminated light box sign

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or something like that that uh that

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there would be on adjacent uh

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properties that being said uh the

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planning

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commission is recommending the zoning

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hear board approv the request for the

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following reasons uh an electronic any

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electronic messages displayed on the

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proposed sign will conform to the

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regulations in section 7-325

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.11 of the zoning code regarding light

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and glare and prohibited electronically

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changing messages uh and then the

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applicant will ensure that the sign must

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be installed at least 5 feet from the

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property line along North Fifth Street

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uh planning Bureau uh Planning

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Commission recommends that the loing

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hearing board approve the request for

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the following reason reasons the signage

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is consistent with the size height and

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illumination of existing of signage

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existing at or proposed for other

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facilities owned by the Harrisburg

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School District ensuring consistency in

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messaging across all

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properties the signage will be situated

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to face Northbound traffic on North

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Fifth Street and configured to minimize

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or eliminate any potential impacts on

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adjacent Residential Properties and

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finally the property currently features

54:50

no exterior signage which allows the

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school district to convey information to

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the general public parents and children

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the proposed sign will be able to convey

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more information about educational and

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Community programs activities and

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services and enhanced communication

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between the school district and the

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general

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public hi John REI I'm the chief of

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operations for the Harrisburg School

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District I'm uh Mike Schultz with RPM

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signs

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you raise your right

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hand I

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do that's

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it yeah really not much more to add uh

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but the Harrisburg School District is in

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the process of uh wanting to communicate

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more to the community we found that the

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electronic signs is just another piece

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of being able to do that uh being a

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important information you know recognize

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our students and uh for safety reasons

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as well in terms of communicating that

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of information

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at covered I don't have anything now

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uh it's not to my knowledge the school

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building itself may be listed on the

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national register but the property is

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not on any um municipal or national or

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nationally eligible historic

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districts good thank you

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okay

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conditions y the conditions of the

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planning

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second

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I thank you all right so

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2592 is 1701 North 6th Street

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so we got B1 proof of publication B2

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letter from the planning director to the

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applicant B3 hearing notice posted on

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the property B4 applicant notification

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letters to neighbors

58:08

B5 application with attached plans

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photos B6 D to the property B7 planning

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Bureau case report B8 is the city of

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Harrisburg Planning Commission

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resolution B1 through

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B8 uh yes so case

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2592 um is again a proposal by the uh

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Harrisburg School District uh to install

58:34

signage uh requiring uh three different

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variances uh now this signage is a

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little bit different from the last one

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uh in that it's uh three wall signs uh

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being proposed um and that's probably

58:47

necessitated by the fact there is no

58:49

front yard uh in which to install any

58:50

freestanding signs um and uh the three

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variances are are for more signs than

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permitted by right and that's three uh

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signs proposed versus one permitted by

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right uh signs larger than permitted by

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right um and that's 88.7 squ ft 103.6 ft

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and 105 Square ft and the by signage

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area is 10 Square F feet and internally

59:12

illuminated signs um so this uh proposal

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is for the Hamilton school um and um as

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you're probably aware uh having driven

59:22

by it um there's very minimal signage

59:25

existing there's like very small kind of

59:27

light box sign I'm not even sure if the

59:28

internal illumination works or not and

59:31

then they have a few uh two projecting

59:32

banners on either side of the um Central

59:35

Courtyard uh that provides access to the

59:38

building um and as the applicants have

59:41

uh noted in their testimony for the last

59:43

case uh their uh intent is really to

59:45

standardize their signage across all of

59:47

their facilities um and to you know have

59:50

The Branding of the of the cougar uh

59:52

Academy branding um on their buildings

59:55

uh and then the the electronically

59:56

changing sign allows them to provide uh

59:59

you know information uh to the public um

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in uh kind of a differentiation from the

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last uh application uh the surrounding

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context is of this property is very

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different um there are a couple of I

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believe vacant buildings directly across

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the street and otherwise um surrounding

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blocks are are largely vacant um there's

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obviously been some recent institutional

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developments along the Sixth Street

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Corridor um both the uh PA state

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archives and the federal courthouse um

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and you know they all have um fairly

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expansive signage or at least the the

1:00:36

archives does um that you know would not

1:00:39

conform to the zoning code nor would

1:00:41

they have to as as being the federal

1:00:43

government the state government um and

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so uh the proposed signage I think will

1:00:47

be in keeping from a size perspective

1:00:50

with other uh properties um in the

1:00:54

corridor uh additionally as the corridor

1:00:58

is developed into the future and there

1:00:59

have already been uh some projects um

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both uh proposed approved and uh pending

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uh for uh for the Sixth Street Corridor

1:01:10

uh the need for uh more prominent

1:01:12

conspicuous signage advertising the

1:01:15

property and identifying the property

1:01:17

and then conveying information to uh to

1:01:19

drivers um or to people um traveling

1:01:22

down the corridor uh will be made

1:01:24

necessary uh so with that being said the

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Planning Commission is recommending that

1:01:29

the zoning hearing board approve the

1:01:31

request with the following conditions

1:01:33

any electronic messages displayed on the

1:01:35

proposed sign will conform to the

1:01:36

regulations in section 7- 32511 of the

1:01:39

zoning code regarding light and glare

1:01:41

and prohibited electronically changing

1:01:43

messages the Planning Commission uh is

1:01:45

recommending the zoning hearing board

1:01:46

approve the request for the following

1:01:48

reasons uh given a lack of any existing

1:01:50

signage on site is reasonable to install

1:01:53

signage larger more numerous and more

1:01:54

conspicuous to identify the site and

1:01:56

communicate with the public uh the

1:01:59

context of the installation site with

1:02:00

the wall signs facing vacant lots and

1:02:02

buildings mitigates potential impacts on

1:02:05

the surrounding Community due to the

1:02:06

internal illumination and finally the

1:02:09

property currently features Obsolete and

1:02:11

insufficient signage for the school

1:02:12

district to convey information to the

1:02:13

general public parents and children the

1:02:16

proposed sign will be able to convey

1:02:17

more information about educational and

1:02:18

Community programs activities and

1:02:20

services and enhance the and enhanced

1:02:23

communication between the school

1:02:24

district and the general

1:02:29

public I have nothing further to that it

1:02:32

was a good

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summary is that a real simple question

1:02:41

so with the three signs um I I know the

1:02:43

one is with the push through letters so

1:02:45

the cloud sign just means it's just the

1:02:48

graphic of the sign just that's

1:02:50

illuminated okay all right thank you

1:03:09

no we we were just planning on Sixth

1:03:11

Street as the the Main Street to get the

1:03:13

communication that way out front

1:03:37

might want to do

1:03:39

that the public

1:04:04

right the conditions with the Planning

1:04:06

Commission

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y

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second

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I thank you okay so now 25

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93601 State Street

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uh exhibits in think B1 proof of

1:04:28

publication B2 letter sent from planning

1:04:31

director to applicant B3 hearing notice

1:04:33

posted on a property B4 applicants

1:04:37

notification letters to neighbors B5

1:04:39

application with attachments the plans

1:04:41

and photos B6 D to the property B7

1:04:46

planning Bureau case report and B8 city

1:04:48

of Harrisburg Planning Commission

1:04:51

resolution okay uh case number 2593

1:04:56

uh so this proposal is um a bit more uh

1:05:00

intensive than uh even the last proposal

1:05:03

um in this case the applicant is

1:05:05

proposing to install uh five new

1:05:07

internally illuminated wall signs uh

1:05:09

which requires uh relief from three

1:05:12

aspects of the signs regulations

1:05:13

regarding number size and elimination uh

1:05:16

proposal requires approval of variances

1:05:18

for more signs than permitted by right

1:05:20

and that's five proposed versus one

1:05:22

permitted by right uh signs larger than

1:05:24

permitted by right um that's 26.5 Square

1:05:27

ft 72.3 Square ft 132.0 ft and two at 36

1:05:33

squ fet uh when the permitted signage

1:05:35

area is 10 Square F feet and internally

1:05:37

illuminated signs uh so this proposal is

1:05:40

um similar to the last one in that both

1:05:44

are uh uh buildings that occupy the

1:05:46

entirety of a block um and so it has

1:05:50

frontages on um multiple rights Subway

1:05:53

um however compared and contrasted to uh

1:05:56

the um case number

1:06:00

2592 uh the applicants in this case are

1:06:03

uh proposing were originally proposing

1:06:06

uh electronic electronically changing

1:06:08

message signs on both uh the North 17th

1:06:11

Street Frontage and the State Street

1:06:13

Frontage and then three different signs

1:06:16

uh advertising the school and the cougar

1:06:18

Academy um in addition to those two uh

1:06:23

the context of the is a little bit

1:06:26

different than a normal building pH or

1:06:28

than a normal sign it's not like a front

1:06:30

yard that's going to be accommoda a

1:06:31

freestanding sign it's kind of a cutout

1:06:33

Notch of the building there um and so

1:06:36

the I think signage um U platforms and

1:06:40

stuff will be a little bit different it

1:06:42

won't just be affixed I think directly

1:06:43

to the wall it'll in fact one of their

1:06:45

signs is like a threedimensional sign so

1:06:47

that'll kind of be coming out and have a

1:06:48

framework behind it um but uh while the

1:06:52

appointing Bureau was supportive of

1:06:55

pretty much all the signs we felt that

1:06:57

only one electronically changing sign

1:06:59

was necessary um for the site um if

1:07:02

that's you know our kind of reasoning

1:07:05

was if it's good enough for the other s

1:07:06

the other school district sites it's uh

1:07:09

sufficient for this site um additionally

1:07:12

uh we were supportive of the other uh

1:07:15

size and design of the other signage

1:07:16

that they're proposing so the issue of

1:07:18

identification uh wouldn't be changed it

1:07:20

would be more of an issue of just

1:07:21

conveyance of information to the to the

1:07:24

general public uh and during the

1:07:25

Planning Commission um uh review the

1:07:28

applicants had um expressed uh uh

1:07:31

concurrence with um the planning

1:07:34

bureau's uh recommendation um but that

1:07:37

still shows up here as a condition uh so

1:07:39

with that being said uh the Zone uh

1:07:42

Planning Commission is recommending that

1:07:43

zon hearing board approve the request

1:07:45

with the following conditions uh any

1:07:47

electronic messages displayed on the

1:07:48

proposed sign will conformed to the

1:07:49

regulations in section 7-325 point11 of

1:07:53

the zoning code regarding light and GL

1:07:55

air and prohibited electronically

1:07:56

changing messages the applicant will

1:07:59

only install one of the proposed

1:08:00

electronic message center boards uh the

1:08:02

planet Bureau notes that the proposed

1:08:04

signage uh significantly exceeds the

1:08:06

allowances for permitted signage in the

1:08:08

ins district and and that there is no

1:08:11

justification for two such signs and

1:08:13

that the signage proposal for a similar

1:08:14

Corner property on a major route at 1701

1:08:16

nor6 Street and again that was case

1:08:18

2592 uh only includes one such sign uh

1:08:22

the Planning Commission uh recommends

1:08:23

the zoning her board to approve the

1:08:24

request for the following reasons given

1:08:26

the lack of any existing signage on site

1:08:28

and the recent establishment or

1:08:30

expansion of an educational campus not

1:08:32

just offices uh so the school district

1:08:34

did move their offices out of that

1:08:35

building um to their new facility on 7th

1:08:37

Street uh it is reasonable to install

1:08:40

signage larger more numerous and more

1:08:41

conspicuous to identify the site and

1:08:43

communicate with the public uh the

1:08:45

context of the installation site with

1:08:47

the wall signs facing a church and a

1:08:49

former charter school and the nearest

1:08:51

resident sitting approximately 200 ft

1:08:52

away diagonally across a large

1:08:54

intersection mitigates potential impacts

1:08:56

on the surrounding Community due to the

1:08:58

internal illumination and finally the

1:09:01

property currently features no exterior

1:09:02

signage which allows the school district

1:09:04

to convey information to the general

1:09:05

public parents and children the post

1:09:07

sign will be able to convey more

1:09:09

information about educational Community

1:09:10

programs activities and services and

1:09:13

enhanced communication between the

1:09:14

school district and the general

1:09:19

public uh really nothing not much

1:09:21

further to add however we did change the

1:09:23

design and now it is there is electron

1:09:31

sign

1:09:38

correct yeah I just trying to make sure

1:09:40

I understood I'm looking at the RPM uh

1:09:43

layouts uh showing the different signs

1:09:46

so it's there's five signs correct there

1:09:49

are five proposed um but we're

1:09:52

recommending that they only have one of

1:09:53

the message board signs instead of

1:09:57

two okay so these

1:10:03

other okay so I just consider one okay

1:10:05

got you okay that was the only question

1:10:08

I had thank you

1:10:39

anybody

1:11:13

second all

1:11:16

right thank you

1:11:38

yep

1:11:49

okay okay so we have right application

1:11:53

2594 26 2 North

1:11:57

Street and the exhibits are B1 proof of

1:12:01

publication Patriot

1:12:02

News November 3rd November 10th 2024 B2

1:12:06

is a letter uh sent from the planning

1:12:08

director to applicant notifying of the

1:12:10

hearing B3 is a hearing notice posted on

1:12:13

the property B4 applicants notification

1:12:15

letters to the neighbors B5 application

1:12:19

with photos of the interior of the

1:12:20

property and the plans for the proposal

1:12:23

B6 is a d to the property

1:12:25

establishing standing B7 planning Bureau

1:12:28

case report B8 is the city of Harrisburg

1:12:31

Planning Commission resolution so we got

1:12:33

B1 through

1:12:41

B8 yes uh so for case number

1:12:45

2594 uh the applicant is proposing to

1:12:47

expand the existing three unit multif

1:12:50

family dwelling through the

1:12:51

establishment of a fourth unit in the

1:12:52

basement uh because the property is

1:12:54

legal non-conforming with respect to the

1:12:56

density a special exception is required

1:12:58

to expand this non-conforming aspect per

1:13:00

section 7-

1:13:02

[Music]

1:13:05

321.com neighborhood zoning District uh

1:13:08

which requires 1,200 sare feet of lot

1:13:10

area per dwelling unit and the uh lot is

1:13:13

actually 111 square feet short of um

1:13:16

doing a bught accommodation of the three

1:13:19

units uh so um it's legally

1:13:22

non-conforming with respect to the

1:13:23

density and because this proposal

1:13:25

um uh or this project proposes to expand

1:13:28

the density um uh non-conformity it

1:13:31

requires a special exception uh had the

1:13:34

structure been um conforming with

1:13:37

respect to the density I think they

1:13:39

would have required a variance and I

1:13:40

think the applicant would have had a

1:13:41

harder uh case to make um for getting a

1:13:45

proposal uh or getting a fourth unit in

1:13:47

the basement uh permitted by right um

1:13:51

however because it is a special

1:13:52

exception that obviously changes in the

1:13:53

criteria and the um standard of proof

1:13:56

that the applicant needs to meet um to

1:13:59

receive approval from the zoning hearing

1:14:01

board uh the property is located um on

1:14:05

the 200 block of North 6 Street besides

1:14:07

mqu um right down the street from um

1:14:10

Elementary uh coffee uh if you're

1:14:12

familiar with uh the property there's

1:14:14

also um a surface parking lot in the

1:14:17

back of this um R buildings and that

1:14:19

surface parking lot is actually on um

1:14:22

part of this property so uh it's both

1:14:24

this row house and the the lot behind it

1:14:27

um and at the uh November 6th Planning

1:14:31

Commission uh meeting uh they testified

1:14:33

that they did have um two um unassigned

1:14:37

spaces uh within that lot uh to

1:14:39

accommodate um the uh any parking needs

1:14:43

from a future tenant of this space uh I

1:14:45

believe they noted that two of the three

1:14:47

um units are occupied by tenants that do

1:14:49

not have vehicles um so there's no

1:14:52

guarantee that a future tenant would

1:14:54

even have a vehicle

1:14:55

um but uh that being said um you know

1:15:00

there's a variety of different uses uh

1:15:03

in the surrounding neighborhood and in

1:15:04

fact a variety of different uh multi

1:15:06

family dwelling um uh buildings um right

1:15:10

across the street I believe there's

1:15:11

eight nine in some of those buildings

1:15:13

and then there's single family row homes

1:15:15

directly adjacent to this property so uh

1:15:18

there are a variety abuses and a variety

1:15:20

intenses of of intensities of

1:15:22

residential development uh in the

1:15:23

neighborhood um um so the proposed uh

1:15:26

installation of a um basement unit um so

1:15:30

long as it's code compliant U building

1:15:32

code compliant should be uh have a

1:15:34

negligible impact on the neighborhood uh

1:15:37

with that being said the Planning

1:15:38

Commission uh recommends the zoning

1:15:40

hearing board approve the request for

1:15:41

the following reasons uh the applicant

1:15:43

must coordinate with the codes Bureau on

1:15:45

any building code requirements such as

1:15:47

sprinkling the basement unit or

1:15:48

providing two code compliant exterior

1:15:50

egresses uh so there is one egress out

1:15:53

the back and I believe the applicants

1:15:55

have indicated their intention to

1:15:56

install a second one like a window well

1:15:59

kind of crawl out from the basement um

1:16:01

if not they could still meet the

1:16:03

building code requirements by sprinkling

1:16:05

uh the basement space if necessary um

1:16:08

and then any proposed exterior

1:16:09

alterations must be submitted to the

1:16:11

planning Bureau for review to ascertain

1:16:12

whether they require harb approval of a

1:16:14

certificate of appropriateness

1:16:16

application uh the Planning Commission

1:16:18

recommends that the zoning hearing board

1:16:19

approved the request for the following

1:16:20

reasons the pl Bureau notes that if the

1:16:22

property were slightly larger the

1:16:23

proposal would require HB approval of a

1:16:25

variance request and that it is unlikely

1:16:27

such a request would be justifiable

1:16:29

however because the existing three unit

1:16:31

configuration is legally non-conforming

1:16:33

the establishment of additional unit

1:16:34

only requires a special exception and uh

1:16:37

because the neighborhood features a

1:16:38

variety of uses including commercial

1:16:40

institutional and the residential units

1:16:42

and residential units of varying

1:16:43

intensity the proposed additional unit

1:16:45

will likely have a negligible impact on

1:16:47

the community

1:16:54

here my name is Conrad Rudy I'm a

1:16:56

partner with seven real estate owner of

1:16:58

the north 262 North uh address is 2939

1:17:02

Maple Road Camp Pennsylvania

1:17:09

71 I

1:17:12

do um so this project was uh born out of

1:17:17

viewing what we saw as just wasted space

1:17:20

um the the basement currently which is

1:17:23

halfway above ground um and has a walk

1:17:25

out basement or a walk out eress in the

1:17:29

back of the property uh is currently

1:17:31

being used for storage and when we walk

1:17:33

through it with the high ceilings that

1:17:35

were available we thought um this is an

1:17:37

opportunity for us to create some uh

1:17:40

affordable and safe

1:17:43

housing um that combined with the uh

1:17:46

parking lot that's attached to the the

1:17:48

property we didn't see any NE negligible

1:17:53

impact in the neighborhood

1:17:55

um we talked to all the neighbors the

1:17:58

adjacent neighbors um personally and uh

1:18:01

they they seem to support the the

1:18:03

project um and if there is any more

1:18:05

concern about the uh the parking there

1:18:09

is also a 24 space parking lot on brid

1:18:12

street that that we share a property

1:18:15

manager with made arrangements if

1:18:17

necessary to

1:18:26

yeah I just had a a general question um

1:18:28

I know you did mention with the uh

1:18:30

development of the unit that there would

1:18:32

be some type of I guess additional I

1:18:34

guess exit point for the the property I

1:18:36

was just wondering are there any other I

1:18:39

guess restrictions um for units that are

1:18:42

considered to be in the basement as

1:18:44

opposed to the above ground um you know

1:18:48

nothing I'm familiar with I'm sure there

1:18:51

are some other building code uh

1:18:53

considerations um otherwise I think it's

1:18:57

probably a personal preference that

1:18:58

whether somebody would choose to live

1:19:00

there or not and uh you know I think um

1:19:02

this is a case of every additional unit

1:19:05

in the city helps uh to to meet uh the

1:19:08

needs and and to provide options to

1:19:10

somebody because this is likely you know

1:19:13

going to be priced considerably cheaper

1:19:15

than the fifth floor of a you know

1:19:18

converted office building for example so

1:19:19

it gives people opportunities to to find

1:19:22

something uh within the community to

1:19:23

continue living

1:19:25

thank

1:19:41

you we're we're looking for fair market

1:19:43

value which is going to be sub 1,000 so

1:19:45

it's 8 to 900 um whatever the market

1:19:48

pairs at that

1:19:56

certain

1:20:05

absolutely

1:20:11

yeah uh what they've they've already

1:20:13

been doing work on the project uh that

1:20:14

we've approved and and for the most part

1:20:17

um all their work is in kind uh

1:20:19

Replacements or um either minimally

1:20:22

visible or not visible from the public

1:20:23

right away for the of some HVAC units um

1:20:27

but if they're proposing I mean the most

1:20:30

conspicuous part of the property is the

1:20:32

front property along North Street I

1:20:33

don't anticipate there being any changes

1:20:35

there that wouldn't be where um any new

1:20:37

egress point from the basement would be

1:20:39

they have kind of a light well in the

1:20:41

back of the building where they'd be

1:20:42

able to install that and that's probably

1:20:45

the extent of the of the major exterior

1:20:48

changes be something like

1:20:52

that uh yeah so uh

1:20:55

with regard to um least the deed that

1:21:00

was provided list a Titania real estate

1:21:03

what is your connection with them that's

1:21:06

a uh that's an LLC that belongs to seven

1:21:09

the the partner group okay so that it's

1:21:13

it's part of the seven it's it's owned

1:21:15

by seven it's owned by seven that's what

1:21:17

I okay

1:21:45

MH yeah yep

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yes I would like to make a motion uh to

1:32:26

accept application

1:32:28

2594 um with the conditions set forth by

1:32:31

the Planning

1:32:43

Commission

1:32:47

I all

1:32:49

right announc will be our

1:32:52

last hopefully

1:32:55

definitely

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