PALMER TWP., Pa. – The Palmer Township Board of Supervisors began a substantive challenge and curative zoning amendment hearing Monday night.
The application, offered by the Charles Chrin Real Estate Trust, challenges the township’s Rural Agricultural (RA) zoning designation for a 41-acre Chrin property located north of Main Street and Tatamy Road. Chrin is seeking to rezone the property to North End Business (NEB).
The hearing involves one of five remaining farms in Palmer. The company wants to build 10 industrial buildings on the property which is combined with a 50-acre parcel in Upper Nazareth Township also owned by Chrin. The Trust’s argument is that the parcel is reverse spot-zoned after zoning updates in 2023…