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(Continued from Page 1 ) by the Gid Brown Church. “This is something I think is going to be a continuing problem,” he said, noting that he has received inquiries from several property owners whose land is officially designated flood plain yet hasn’t flooded in at least 50 years.

Rev. John Burke told the board that the Gid Brown Church has never flooded in its 60 some years of existence. “It’s so high up on a hillside there, I don’t see how it could ever flood.” He described the structure his church seeks to erect on the site as “something like a trailer” that would be used an hour on Sunday and Wednesday “to teach the boys and girls the word of God.”

Konick noted that, due to the lot’s size, a variance from the Board of Zoning Appeals to side and rear yard setback distances will be required. In addition, he said, a “perc” test and permit from the Health Department is needed before a septic system can be installed.

Burke said he wanted to begin construction “as soon as the zoning board will let us do it and as soon as we find the right price on a trailer.”

Konick reported that the Planning Commission will have the final draft of proposed zoning ordinance revisions at its February 15 meeting and that public hearings should be scheduled in March and April. Allowance for what Burke is seeking could be included in the new regulations just as quickly as the existing ordinance could be amended, he said.

Konick and Estes, the board’s representative to the Planning Commission, agreed to bring the matter up at next week’s session. “If we’re going to continue to use soil types to designate flood plain, then we’re going to have to have some provisions for sites with flood plain soil that never really flood,” Konick concluded.

Plat Vacated

In other zoning-related action, the board voted unanimously to vacate a subdivision plat recorded last July, that divided a tract in