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New Point Church seeks special use to operate from converted accessory building; church plans phased expansion
Summary
New Point Church requested a special use to convert an existing accessory structure into a church sanctuary, with a phase 1 seating about 90 and a future phase 2 expansion planned. Staff found low intensity use and recommended approval subject to health‑department septic/water requirements.
Pastor Barry Gamage and representatives for New Point Church asked the Zoning Board of Appeals for a special use to operate a church from an existing accessory structure on land formerly owned by the pastor’s family. The request would convert the structure to a phase‑1 sanctuary seating about 90 people; church leaders said they plan a later phase‑2 expansion with a separate 60‑by‑100 building to seat roughly 250.
County staff told the board that churches…
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