CITY PANEL TO CONSIDER PROJECT FOR CHURCH AND SCHOOL.Byline: Eugene Tong tong 1 tr.v. tonged, tong·ing, tongs To seize, hold, or manipulate with tongs. [Back-formation from tongs. Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - Northpark Community Church, which now meets in a storefront in Saugus, is planning a new sanctuary and grade school in Valencia's Rye Canyon Business Park. The Santa Clarita Planning Commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle on Tuesday will consider the congregation's plans to build a 121,500-square-foot church and private school on 11 acres along Kelly Johnson Parkway in Valencia. The planning staff See: central planning team. has recommended the panel approve the project. ``The project is consistent with our land-use goals - to achieve well-balanced developments throughout the city,'' said Wendy Deats, an assistant city planner. ``This church and school provides both instructional and institutional uses in the northern part of our city.'' The church operation is currently split between a strip mall strip mall n. A shopping complex containing a row of various stores, businesses, and restaurants that usually open onto a common parking lot. Noun 1. on Seco Canyon Road, where its 800-member congregation meets, and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church The Seventh-day Adventist Church (abbreviated "Adventist"[2]) is a Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished mainly by its observance of Saturday, the "seventh day" of the week, as the Sabbath. in Newhall, the home of Northpark Christian Academy. ``There's a Rite-Aid around the corner; we're right next to a liquor store,'' said associate pastor Jonathan D'Elia. ``We're comfortable here, but we want to grow, and there's only so much space. ``It would be great to have a place that we don't rent. We would have more room and just better parking.'' The congregation has been raising money to build a sanctuary since forming more than eight years ago. Members have raised about $1 million to buy property, but now the church needs money to build. D'Elia said the members hope to break ground in two years. ``It depends on money,'' he said. ``We need to raise a certain percentage.'' The Christian Academy faced some neighborhood opposition in 2003 when it expanded enrollment from 50 to 75 students and relocated to the Seventh-Day Adventist Church on Valley Street. Residents were concerned the school could boost traffic and noise in the rustic Happy Valley neighborhood. The Planning Commission allowed the move, on the condition a block wall and a 25-foot buffer zone buffer zone n. A neutral area between hostile or belligerent forces that serves to prevent conflict. Noun 1. buffer zone were added to reduce noise. The City Council upheld the ruling when some homeowners appealed. Eugene Tong, (661) 257-5253 eugene.tong(at)dailynews.com |
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