The Fayette Citizen-News Page
Wednesday, October 27, 1999
Planners to vote on new church trailer regulations

By DAVE HAMRICK
Staff Writer

Proposed new language in Fayette County's zoning regulations will allow more flexibility for growing churches to use temporary classroom trailers.

The county Planning Commission will have a public hearing and vote on the proposed changes at its Nov. 4 business meeting, 7 p.m. at the County Administrative Complex.

If planning commissioners vote to recommend the change, the county Board of Commissioners could take a final vote as early as its Dec. 1 work session. The commission's normal fourth Thursday meeting has been cancelled due to Thanksgiving.

Current law allows churches to use temporary classroom trailers for a specified period during initial construction, and states that “under no circumstances” will they be allowed to use them after that.

The problem, said a spokesman for New Hope Baptist Church, is that strict interpretation of the law prohibits churches from using temporary classrooms during expansion construction projects.

The new language would allow the trailers for construction projects subsequent to the initial construction for up to two years, or until 30 days after issuance of the certificate of occupancy for the expansion, whichever comes first.


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