Macungie revising zoning ordinances  October 08, 2013|By Margie
Peterson, Special to The Morning Call  Macungie is revising its
borough zoning ordinance, which regulates everything from strip
clubs to razing historic buildings to housing developments and
home-based businesses.  On Monday night, Macungie Borough
Council heard from several people in the crowd of about 30
residents who were concerned about possible changes in the
ordinance, which is being revamped for the first time in a
decade.  "The main reason why we have zoning is so we can avoid
conflicts between uses," said Charlie Schmehl of Urban Research
and Development Corp. of Bethlehem, which is aiding the borough
in the revisions. "So we don't have somebody building an asphalt
plant up against somebody else's neighborhood, for instance."
Schmehl said the revised ordinance would not change any current
legal use of land in the borough.  "Regardless of what this map
says and what the book says, if somebody has an existing
business that's legal today,