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Labovitz said that the area is wet all of the time due to hidden springs throughout the area, and that that will make the development of a parking area and the actual building difficult. Labovitz also brought up the question of the legality of how the property was divided.
A special use permit is needed before a lot can be divided and made less than the 25 acre minimum required in an agricultural district. How the lot was divided remains a mystery.
“I don’t have the answer to that question, but I would be concerned and make sure that I had a good title insurance policy,” Labovitz said. “I think that you could have trouble getting loans or whatever.”
Labovitz’s suggestions that he said would help to lessen the effects of the church on the neighborhood included moving the church back to where the parsonage was staked out, the parking area be where the septic field is staked out and either attaching the parsonage to the church or building it in front of the church.
He asked that there be no lighted signs and no lights kept on when there are no functions being held at the church, and that there be screening on some of the boundaries. Labovitz recommended that the actual church building be built in a residential style using colors that will blend in with the area.
“I understand what you’re saying that you’d like it to look residential, on the other hand, if I’ve read some of Mr. Lamm’s comments right, he wants it to look like a church,” Monahan said. “I
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