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Planning board recommends special‑use permit and rezoning to allow one‑acre cemetery at Bridal Fellowship on Baseline Road
Summary
The Grand Island Planning Board recommended approval of a special‑use permit for a one‑acre cemetery on the Bridal Fellowship parcel off Baseline Road and moved to rezone the larger church parcel from R‑1D to R‑1A after clarifying the proposed cemetery footprint and future development intentions.
The Grand Island Planning Board recommended approval of a special‑use permit and a rezoning recommendation that would allow Bridal Fellowship to site a one‑acre cemetery behind its church on Baseline Road. The board voted to recommend the special‑use permit and to recommend changing the large church parcel from R‑1D to R‑1A while leaving a smaller, separately deeded frontage parcel unchanged (transcript SEG 039–SEG 646).
The action followed questions from board members and nearby residents about whether the cemetery request would lead to a rezoning of the entire property or to long‑term subdivision. Ron (planning‑staff speaker, SEG 046–SEG 066) warned that rezoning only the rear parcel could…
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