No decision reached on church expansion
Published 12:25 am Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Sumner City Council hearing
will continue Sept. 8 on Calvary Community Church
Sumner City Council members continued a quasi-judicial hearing that began June 15, but were unable to reach a decision Aug. 3.
The hearing was previously continued in July and at the end of the Aug. 3 meeting, the outcome was similar and the hearing was continued to Sept. 8.
The city received appeals from citizens about the Calvary Community Church expansion and is continuing to decide whether the hearing examiner’s decision to grant the expansion is valid. The decision is invalid only if it was erroneous.
A hearing on Feb. 20 resulted in the hearing examiner granting Calvary Community Church the right to expand its facility on Gary Street.
Stephen Causseaux, the hearing examiner who presided over the public hearing in February, granted a conditional use permit and height exception.
Church officials intend to add a two-story sanctuary covering approximately 37,000 square feet of land, increase the number of parking spaces to 840 and make improvements to utilities.
Later phases of the project may involve expanding the sanctuary, adding an education center, member services center, chapel, school building expansion, administrative office expansion and a kitchen renovation and expansion, amongst other improvements.
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