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Planning board backs cemetery special-use permit and recommends rezoning of large church parcel
Summary
The Grand Island Planning Board voted to recommend a special-use permit for a one-acre cemetery accessory to a local church and to recommend rezoning the church—s large Parcel A from R-1D to R-1A.
The Grand Island Planning Board voted to recommend that the Town Board approve a special-use permit for a one-acre cemetery accessory to an existing church and to rezone the church—s large parcel from R-1D to R-1A.
The board—s planner introduced the item as agenda number three and explained the application involves two deeded parcels: a frontage parcel (Parcel B) and a larger rear parcel (Parcel A). Pastor Calvin Ben told the board the church intends to reserve one acre behind the barn as a cemetery and that the cemetery footprint is limited to that acre, not the entire 16-acre property. "It's only that one acre to be set aside for the cemetery," Pastor Calvin…
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