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Council cleans up ‘mystery zoning,’ approves rezoning and conditional-use permit to allow daycare at Moonlite Road site
Summary
City staff described a remnant C1 commercial zoning sliver overlapping the former New Life Church and two adjacent houses; council approved Ordinance No. 2,816 (rezoning to R1) and Ordinance No. 2,817 (conditional-use permit) so a planned daycare can use the full building while the zoning map is corrected.
Dave Knopfick, Gardner’s Community Development Director, told the City Council staff found a ‘‘mystery zoning’’ remnant: a C1 commercial zoning strip that cuts through the former New Life Church property on Moonlite Road and extends onto two adjacent single-family lots. Knopfick said the mismatch appears to be a vestige of an earlier zoning code and complicates state licensure and building use for a proposed daycare.
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