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Board approves expansion of Thai temple on Steele Road with conditions limiting access and requiring buffers
Summary
The Board granted a special exception allowing the Thai temple to expand its worship hall and add an outdoor pavilion on adjacent 28‑acre parcel, with conditions requiring no public access from Manly Road, buffer planting, erosion controls and standard permitting.
The Board of Commissioners approved a special exception for the expansion of an existing Thai Buddhist temple at 498 Steele Road, allowing the temple to construct a two‑story worship hall and a covered pavilion on an adjoining 28‑acre parcel.
Wendy Craigie, land‑use counsel for the temple, presented the site plan and renderings and said the proposed worship hall would match the campus’s existing architecture. The temple submitted updated building elevations showing occupied portions of the structure at roughly 32 feet, 8 inches — under the county’s 35‑foot height limit for habitable spaces — so no height…
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