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Commission upholds staff denial of two design exceptions for Northbridge Event Center; rock landscaping and trash-enclosure door rejected
Summary
The commission denied Life Change Church’s request to waive a pedestrian entrance requirement on the trash enclosure and to allow rock in parking-lot landscaping islands, citing tree-health and precedent concerns raised by staff and the city forester.
The Des Moines City Plan and Zoning Commission on Oct. 17 voted to uphold staff’s recommendation and deny two requested design exceptions for the Northbridge Event Center (Life Change Church) at 4530 East 46th Street.
Shauna Baron, Planning Staff, said the enclosure and landscaping did not match previously approved plans and recommended denial of the two Type 1 design alternatives: (1) waiving the requirement for a pedestrian entrance on the trash enclosure and (2) allowing rock in parking-lot landscaping islands in place of the code-required…
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