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Council approves Goodwill land-development plan with condition to screen view behind Deckers Chapel
Summary
The council approved Goodwill’s land-development review (2025-09) but added a condition asking for landscaping or other visual buffering behind Deckers Chapel and screening around a stormwater pond.
The City Council of Saint Marys approved the Goodwill land-development review (agenda item 2025-09) with a condition requiring view-shed mitigation behind Deckers Chapel.
Goodwill’s applicant representative described plans for a new site on the edge of town. Council members raised concerns about the move from a downtown location, pedestrian access and the visual impact of a steel building and a stormwater pond behind Deckers Chapel. One council member said the chapel is a historic local site often photographed by visitors and asked that the new development provide screening or landscaping so the chapel’s view-shed is…
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