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ZBA approves Sacred Heart School coverage variance amid neighbor concerns about parking and traffic

Zoning Board of Adjustments · December 17, 2025
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The Zoning Board of Adjustments approved a request from Sacred Heart School to raise permitted lot coverage to 60.1% for a phased campus expansion after applicants outlined circulation and parking changes and neighbors expressed worries about pickup congestion and safety.

The Pensacola Zoning Board of Adjustments voted to approve a lot-coverage variance for Sacred Heart Cathedral School at 1603 North 12th Avenue to allow a proposed campus expansion and reconfigured on-street parking.

Philip Partington, the project architect, said the school and parish have occupied the block for more than a century and that the proposed master plan addresses modern classroom-space requirements and campus circulation. ‘‘We’re adding a gym and middle-school classrooms in phase 1 and envision bringing preschool classes onto campus in phase 2,’’ Partington said. He said the current campus predates the 1991 Land…

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