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Board delays decision on proposed event facility at former church (Case Z2502)
Summary
Bay City Zoning Board of Appeals postponed action on Case Z2502, an applicant request to convert a church into an event facility/assembly use in an R-2 residential district; the board asked for building square footage, occupancy calculations, and updated surveys and site plans before returning the case.
The Bay City Zoning Board of Appeals on April 8 postponed consideration of Case Z2502, a use-variance application to allow an event facility/assembly use in a property zoned R-2 (single- and two-family residential).
Applicant and prospective operator Benjamin Champagne described plans to use the church for concerts, film screenings, workshops and similar cultural events, estimating occasional large events of “400 probably” attendees at the high end and saying the church’s existing parking lot would serve many events. Champagne said the facility would “follow all, you know, rules…
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