Salisbury House of Northeast PA Inc. v. City of Allentown Zoning Hearing Board

REIBMAN, J.,

Before the court is the Salisbury House of Northeast Pennsylvania Inc., appellant’s, appeal from the City of Allentown Zoning Hearing Board’s November 11, 1998 decision wherein the board denied appellant’s request to operate a “personal care boarding home.”

The within appeal concerns a three-story structure located at 513-519 Lehigh Street Allentown, Lehigh County. The property is commonly referred to as the Acom Hotel, which has been used as a rooming house and hotel since the 1800s. At some point following its inception, the property was zoned 1-3 or general industrial pursuant…