Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Conditional useConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. permit required for religious assemblyReligious facilityA building used for organised worship, often with halls and schools attached.
In the A-L, A-R and RVC districts: A conditional use permit shall be required for establishing a new place of religious assembly.
- Expansion threshold gross floor area7,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The total gross floor area of the expansion itself exceeds 7,500 square feet
- Expansion threshold percent of existing100 pct
The gross floor area of the expansion is more than 100 percent of the existing gross floor area
- Expansion threshold worship area percent50 pct
The expansion includes an expansion of the principal worship area of more than 50 percent of the existing seating.
From the ordinance
In the A-L, A-R and RVC districts: A conditional use permit shall be required for establishing a new place of religious assembly.