BETHLEHEM, Pa. — A developer who argued the city zoning officer provided an incorrect ruling regarding his plan for townhouses in West Bethlehem will have to rethink its size.
After a handful of meetings and continuances, the city Zoning Hearing Board in a unanimous vote Wednesday denied a favorable interpretation on inadequate lot size for property owner Ishtiaq Ali Saaem and Hanover Rauch LLC.
The project as planned called for a 2 ½-story, three-unit townhouse development on a 13,440-square-foot tract at 312 Hanover St., between Hanover and Rauch streets…