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Urbandale council amends zoning and first-reads ordinance to allow places of worship in more commercial districts
Summary
The council voted to amend the comprehensive plan and gave first reading to an ordinance revising Chapter 160 to broaden where churches, temples and similar places of worship may locate, a change the city says would allow a Sikh organization to pursue a site at 11000 Douglas Avenue.
At the meeting, the Urbandale City Council voted to amend the city’s comprehensive plan and approved the first reading of an ordinance to update Chapter 160 of the zoning code, changing how the code defines and locates places of worship. The council and staff said the change is intended to modernize zoning language and allow religious assembly uses in more commercial districts by right at smaller sizes.
City Community Development Director Steve Franklin told the council the request came from the Iowa Sikh Association, which is seeking a site at 11000 Douglas Avenue. “This is a request from the Iowa Sikh Association to amend our zoning code,” Franklin said, explaining staff recommended broader edits rather than a narrow, parcel-specific change.
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