Lewisburg board schedules hearing on White Pine parking variances
Lewisburg will hear White Pine Development’s parking variance request July 20 for 21-49 South Sixth Street, a downtown case that could shape future redevelopment.
Lewisburg’s zoning hearing board will hear White Pine Development, LLC’s request for three parking variances on Monday, July 20, at 7 p.m. at the borough office at 55 South Fifth Street.
The application covers 21-49 South Sixth Street in the Downtown Commercial district and the parcel listed in the notice carries tax map numbers 008-018-027 through 008-018-020.00000. White Pine is seeking relief for parking under a principal structure, parking aisle width and parking space width, all issues that go to how tightly a new downtown project can fit onto an older block.
That makes the hearing a practical test of how willing Lewisburg is to relax its parking rules for a specific development in the borough’s core. The notice identifies Garrett Enders, the zoning officer through Central Keystone COG, as the contact for anyone needing accommodation to attend.
Lewisburg’s downtown rules matter because the borough’s historic district, created in 1985, includes 871 contributing historic buildings, structures and sites and covers most of the borough as well as a large portion of Bucknell University’s campus. In that setting, parking, access and building layout often become the deciding issues when a project tries to move from concept to construction.
White Pine Development is a relatively new Pennsylvania company, filed June 17, 2025 and listed as active. Public-record summaries show the firm has five recorded acquisitions in Lewisburg totaling about $6.7 million, with its most recent recorded purchase in July 2025. The company has also appeared in another borough notice seeking a special exception for multifamily dwellings at 614 St. Louis Street.
The zoning request also lands against a broader backdrop of downtown work. Lewisburg Borough’s 2025 planning and public works materials referenced downtown initiatives and the 5th, 6th and 7th Street redevelopment project, and a May 20, 2025 council draft agenda included a motion to rezone the block bounded by South Sixth Street, St. Louis Street, Ludwig Alley and White Pine Alley from RT-II to Downtown Commercial.
Borough notices in 2026 also referenced the South Eighth Street and White Pine Alley removal of architectural barriers project, and a September 2025 notice said that work had drawn interest from residents and property owners. With White Pine now asking for parking relief at South Sixth Street, the borough will have another chance to decide how far downtown redevelopment can stretch before it runs into Lewisburg’s code.
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