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Planning commission recommends rezoning Our Lady of Grace property to public district to allow additions and consolidate lots
Summary
The commission voted to recommend approval of a preliminary plat and rezoning of Our Lady of Grace Church property from R1 to P (public) to consolidate multiple lots, vacate a utilities easement, and allow planned building additions; staff cited federal RLUIPA protections for religious land use.
The Planning Commission on Jan. 7 recommended City Council approve a preliminary plat and a zoning map amendment to rezone the Our Lady of Grace Church property at 707 16th Avenue Southwest from R1 (single‑family residential) to P (public) to consolidate multiple lots and enable planned building additions.
City staff said the plat principally removes an east‑west utilities easement that interferes with the church’s capital plan and consolidates several lots into a single lot (Our Lady of Grace lot 1). Staff noted the property is adjacent to existing public zoning and that the future land use is…
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