Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Planning board delays Grace Baptist Church site plan, asks for parking, setback and stormwater details
Summary
The Birmingham Planning Board reviewed a special land use permit and site-plan amendment for Grace Baptist Church at 280 E. Lincoln and postponed action to the April 9 meeting, asking staff and the applicant to resolve parking, setback/variance and stormwater comments.
The Birmingham Planning Board on March 26 postponed consideration of a special land use permit amendment, final site plan and design review for Grace Baptist Church at 280 E. Lincoln, citing unresolved site-planning and engineering issues and asking the applicant to work with staff before the board’s April 9 meeting.
The planning department’s presentation, delivered by Nick Dupuy, planning department staff, said the church — on the site since 1957 and operating under a special land use permit since 1987 — is proposing to remove 2,650 square feet of older building and add a 4,180-square-foot addition, change walkways and restripe and resurface part of the parking lot. The changes will remove a small number of parking spaces and would extend an exterior stair into the side-yard setback, requiring either compliance with the 10-foot side-yard setback or a variance from the Board of Zoning Appeals,…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
