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Newtown Township Board of Supervisors reject land development plan for a super Wawa on Silver Lake Road near the Newtown bypass.

Allentown’s zoning hearing board Monday denied Abe Atiyeh’s plan to build condos in Allentown’s Union Terrace neighborhood, but it’s not yet the end of Atiyeh’s 16-year long fight to develop the land.

After a zoning hearing meeting that spanned over three hours, the Allentown Zoning Hearing Board did not rule on Abe Atiyeh’s application to build condos in Allentown’s Union Terrace neighborhood.

Developer Abe Atiyeh's storage expansion is just a “back-up plan” to how he really wants to use a plot of land on St. Elmo Street: to build condos.

Attorney Christopher Papa argued Monday the opinion could set a precedent allowing developers a way to tack on primary uses as accessory uses to circumvent local zoning laws. "We feel that this is sort of a rubber stamp to this big use that is going to impact this community," Papa told the board at the start of the two-hour hearing Monday night.  The appeal also argues that a lack of a conditional-use hearing denied the public an opportunity to voice concerns to the township. Soloman testifi...