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Bethlehem City Council torn over rezoning proposal for high-rise near Fahy Bridge


BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Bethlehem City Council voted 5-2 Tuesday night to send a proposed ordinance to rezone a property on the city's Southside to its community development committee for further review and discussion.


Councilmembers Wandalyn Enix and Grace Crampsie Smith opposed sending the bill back to committee.


The site of 240 apartments proposed where IQE Plc, a U.K.-based maker of semiconductor wafers, currently sits.

WFMZ-TV / Jeff Ward



The proposal on the table is to rezone the property at 119 Technology Drive to CB-Central Business zoning from the current IR-Industrial Redevelopment zoning to make way for a proposed development of a 240-unit, six-story apartment building.


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