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Commission recommends wetland buffer variance for Church of Pentecost with invasive‑species remediation condition
Summary
The Maplewood Environmental and Natural Resources Commission recommended approval of a variance to allow construction within a required 75‑foot wetland buffer for the Church of Pentecost at 1701 Jarvis Avenue, conditioning the endorsement on removal of invasive species and seeding to restore adjacent uplands.
The Maplewood Environmental and Natural Resources Commission recommended approval of a wetland buffer variance for the Church of Pentecost at 1701 Jarvis Avenue after hearing staff and applicant presentations and lively commissioner discussion.
Staff said the site’s wetland was delineated and downgraded by the Ramsey Washington Metro Watershed District from a Manage A to a Manage B wetland, which under city code requires a 75‑foot buffer. The applicant proposes a 3,668‑square‑foot addition, bringing total occupancy to roughly 270 people and increasing the parking requirement to 68 stalls; the plan adds 30 stalls and places an infiltration basin and grading that would encroach into the buffer.
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