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Council reviews request to add churches to R1A residential district; Planning Commission recommends approval
Summary
City planning staff and the Planning Commission recommended adding churches as an allowed use in the R1A low-medium density residential district after the Restored Hope Church of the Nazarene found the use was not permitted where it seeks to rebuild. The item was presented in a work session; no final council action was taken.
City planning staff presented a zoning amendment request to allow places of worship in the R1A low-medium density residential district after the Restored Hope Church of the Nazarene discovered the use is not listed for that district.
The request was presented by Mr. Ward, planning staff, who said churches are currently allowed in other residential and commercial districts but excluded from R1 and R1A. "Staff recommends approval of the request to add churches to Section 3A," Ward said, citing that churches have existed in R1A for decades and that the applicant’s congregation previously occupied a site that burned in 2019.
The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing and voted 4-0 to recommend approval. Staff noted it received one public comment in favor during the commission’s hearing.
This was a work session presentation and the council did not vote on the amendment at the meeting. Mr. Ward reminded council that adding a use to a district allows that use throughout the entire district rather than on a single property.
If Council advances the amendment later, the change would allow churches to locate in the mapped R1A areas identified in the staff map presented at the meeting.
The planning staff said they were available to return with specifics and that the item will proceed through the normal public-notice and ordinance-amendment process when council requests action.
