PORT ANGELES — The fate of a permit needed for an ambitious expansion project by the Independent Bible Church will be decided by the City Council next week.
Independent Bible Church, 116 E. Ahlvers Road with administrative offices at 112 N. Lincoln St., has proposed an ambitious five-year expansion plan on Ahlvers.
It includes a 24,700-square-foot Family Life Center to include a gym, kitchen and classrooms.
The proposed $2 million expansion includes an athletic field and possibly an office building on the church’s hillside property above Port Angeles High School.
The project was granted a conditional use permit in February 2003 but that was appealed by Chris and Mary Louise Melly, who live at 3603 Galaxy Place, which borders the eastern edge of the proposed project.
The City Council will hold a special meeting to decide the permit’s fate at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the council chambers, at City Hall, 321 E. Fifth St., Port Angeles.
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The rest of the story appears in Thursday’s Peninsula Daily News.
