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The Allentown Historical Architecture Review Board (HARB) met on August 4, 2026, at 6:02 PM. Board members present included AJ Jordan, Alex and Scalesman, Philip Hart, David Huber, and Ivy Westerman. The board approved a fence installation with conditions, tabled a project due to the applicant's absence, and held policy discussions on plan revision disclosures and the use of AI imagery.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:31 PM.
I think we are gonna draw this meeting open at 602. So welcome to the historical architecture review board meeting of uh Monday, August 3rd, 2026. Harb is an advisory body to city council. City council renders the final decision of hard recommendations. Under the direction of historic design guidelines, hard review covers the general design, arrangement, texture material, and color of a building or structure. Anyone in attendance wishing to comment on any of the items on tonight's agenda are required to sign in for records purposes, just send them up there. Oh yeah, be in a pain to sign up for the grand. Oh we'll get that pen. Staff will introduce and present a the proposal through a prepared report, which was provided to the applicant and board members for review prior to this evening's meeting. The applicant can then provide additional context to the proposal before discussion. Presentations are limited to 30 minutes and comments for any interested party other than the applicant are limited to five minutes. Um after the presentation, the board will discuss the merits of the project among themselves and will ask the applicant and staff for relevant information to supplement the discussion. After the deliberation, Harb will recommend to approve as submitted or approve with conditions, denial designation, or table the project for further discussion. If the applicant is not present at the meeting, or if information provided is not sufficient, the board may table a project until the next meeting to provide the opportunity for the applicant to be present and or supply sufficient information for discussion. Proposal will only be tabled once. If requirements are not satisfied at the following meeting, the board may automatically recommend denial and require the applicant to reapply for a new certificate of appropriateness. Our recommendations will be forwarded to the next available city council meeting for final resolution. Meanwhile, no work can proceed until a council resolution or certificate of appropriateness is received. Once uh received, you will then be able to pull initial permits associated with your project. All right, let's move into roll call. Starting with roll call. Um AJ Jordan. AJ Me. Alex and Scalesman. Here. Philip Hart. Yeah. David Huber. Oh here. Ivy Westerman. All right. And that concludes our roll call. Meeting that. Okay. All right, moving straight into new business. Um 37 North 17th Street. All right. Yes.