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Council discusses C-2 commercial zoning and whether churches should be allowed inside shopping centers
Summary
Council reviewed Section 24-188 (C-2 commercial district) and debated whether places of worship that do not meet the half-acre requirement should be allowed inside shopping plazas; a HUD application was cited and staff indicated they would rework code language and return with recommendations.
Speaker 2 opened discussion of Section 24-188 of the city code governing C-2 commercial district zoning. Speaker 1 focused council attention on subsection B6, which lists churches, synagogues, mosques, temples and similar places of worship as permitted uses only if the site has a minimum lot size of a half-acre and is not in a shopping center or strip mall.
Speaker 1 said the city…
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