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Council approves Mercy Christian Academy special-use permit after removing student- and classroom-cap limits
Summary
The City Council approved Mercy Christian Academy’s special-use permit to convert a closed church into a K–8 school and removed MPC limits that had capped enrollment at 50 students and classrooms at five.
The Shreveport City Council voted to modify a Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) recommendation and approve a special-use permit and site plan for Mercy Christian Academy’s proposed educational facility at the former Shreve City Baptist Church.
At the MPC hearing the staff recommended approval with five stipulations. The applicant appealed stipulations that had limited the school to 50 students and to five classrooms and sought removal of those limits; the council considered testimony from the school’s representatives, MPC staff and the city attorney before voting.
Michael Kelsch of Raley and Associates, the engineer for the project, told the council that the…
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