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Collierville pastor urges change to church parking requirement, says ordinance limits building use
5671993 · August 25, 2025
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Summary
A pastor asked the Collierville board to revise a local parking ordinance that he said limits churches to parking equal to 50% of building capacity, restricting simultaneous worship and education programs.
Sam Nichols, executive pastor at Collierville First Baptist Church, told the Collierville Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Aug. 25 that the town’s parking ordinance—stated as “one parking space per two worship attendees” in his comments—can limit a church’s usable building area to roughly 50 percent and hinder plans to run worship…
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