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Westfield board denies height variance for Cornerstone Bible Church expansion
Summary
The board voted to disapprove a requested variance to raise the mean building height from 25 to 33 feet for Cornerstone Bible Church’s proposed sanctuary expansion after neighbors raised concerns about traffic, noise and neighborhood fit.
The Westfield board voted to disapprove a requested variance that would have increased the allowable mean building height from 25 to 33 feet for Cornerstone Bible Church’s proposed sanctuary expansion on a 4.1-acre lot in the Centennial subdivision.
The request mattered to neighbors and board members because the expansion would place a taller sanctuary closer to the street and could affect traffic, parking and nearby property values. Dane Crabtree of the Community Development Department told the board that church steeples are exempt under Article 6.6 of the Unified Development Ordinance but that the proposed increase in mean…
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