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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