Council approves one‑night special‑event permit for Holy Innocents amid zoning‑process debate
After divided public comment and extended council debate over whether a special‑event permit can be used to circumvent conditional‑use permit restrictions, council approved Holy Innocents Episcopal School’s appeal for a one‑night lighting permit for its Oct. 2 homecoming. Several council members said the approval is limited to this single event and urged the school to reach neighbor agreements on sound mitigation.
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City Manager Eden Freeman summarized the procedural history: Holy Innocents sought a special‑event permit to light its football field for the Oct. 2 homecoming, but the director of community development denied the lighting request because the school's 2009 conditional‑use permit (CUP) "specifically does not allow lighting of the football field." Freeman said the applicant appealed staff denial and asked council to hear the appeal.
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