Beavercreek planning commission approves Mosaic Church expansion with conditions

The City of Beavercreek Planning Commission on Tuesday approved a conditional-use request from Mosaic Church (PC25-3) to build a 6,510-square-foot addition to the church at 350 North Fairfield Road and reconfigure portions of the site. The commission voted 5-0 to approve the application with eight conditions, including a requirement for a photometric plan, a three-year landscape bond and a new condition limiting exterior construction hours to 7 a.m.–7 p.m.

The expansion would increase the church—s worship area and seating capacity; the applicants described the project as nearly doubling the existing sanctuary footprint and planning seating for about 372 people. Mosaic and its design team told commissioners the addition is intended both to serve the congregation and to increase space the church offers to community partners, including the Gem City Diaper Bank, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Joshua Recovery Ministries and local school programs.

City planner Colin Carville framed the request as a conditional use because the property is zoned R-1A, where a church is allowed only by conditional-use approval. "The reason why it's a conditional use, the lot is uniquely zoned r 1 a," Carville told the commission. He said staff recommended approval with seven conditions in the report; commissioners later added an eighth condition limiting exterior construction hours.

Applicant representatives described the project. Rick Perales, project lead, said the church—s need grew with membership and community use: "This project has been in in the thought process for a year and a half or more...we're at the point where we're gonna be bidding soon," he said. Pastor Rosario Picardo…