El Jefe Taqueria in Bethlehem is expected to reopen this month. The popular Mexican restaurant has been closed since May because of water damage from a fire in an above apartment complex.
The proposal would be a conditional use within the township’s Rural Residential Zoning District, meaning the applicant has to take part in a public hearing process before township supervisors.
The first phase of the project is to cost about $2.3 million and is “shovel ready,” according to Mandy Tolino, who leads Allentown’s parks and recreation department.
Residents near a planned land development apartment project on Township Line Road have concerns over potential environmental impacts and increased traffic.
No vote was taken Wednesday by the Bethlehem Historic Architectural Review Board on the proposed seven-story, mixed-use building planned for the Historic District.