{"id":948,"date":"2012-01-13T07:41:16","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T07:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newspaper.ctsi-logistics.com\/?p=948"},"modified":"2012-01-13T07:41:16","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T07:41:16","slug":"zoning-oks-construction-of-susupe-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/zoning-oks-construction-of-susupe-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoning OKs construction of Susupe church"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Clarissa David<br \/>\nReporter<\/div>\n<p>The Zoning Board approved Wednesday the conditional use application of a faith-based organization that wants to open a church in Susupe.<\/p>\n<p>The Mission Connection Ministry plans to run a church on two lots located behind the Music And store on Beach Road. The area is currently zoned as village residential.<\/p>\n<p>Felipe Atalig, father of Juan B. Atalig who owns the land where the proposed church will be operated, represented the applicant during Wednesday&#8217;s public hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Acting Zoning administrator Therese T. Ogumoro recommended that the application be approved provided that the Mission Connection Ministry follows some conditions: The applicant is required to improve their proposed parking areas and revise the plan in such a way that it would allow for a walkway between the church and the parking area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason for the walkway is to allow safe movement of pedestrians from the church to the parking area and vice versa,\u201d Ogumoro told Saipan Tribune.<\/p>\n<p>Zoning initially rejected the proposal due to the lack of a walkway.<\/p>\n<p>The Mission Connection Ministry is also required to demolish a small wall measuring about six feet wide that serves as a barrier dividing the church and the parking lot. Demolishing the wall would pave the way for the construction of the walkway.<\/p>\n<p>Ogumoro also noted that the applicant should conform with the requirements of Section 1204 of the zoning law, which refers to the non-conforming structure use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the applicant does not fulfill these conditions, no permit will be issued,\u201d said Ogumoro.<\/p>\n<p>All board members present at the public hearing unanimously approved the application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Clarissa David Reporter The Zoning Board approved Wednesday the conditional use application of a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}