APPLICATION
FOR
A LITURGICAL BUILDING FOR EVANGELICALS REJECTED IN PERM
by
Dmitry
Vladimirov
On
12 February,
the Commission for Land Use and Construction rejected an
application of the
religious organization of the Missionary Center of Christians of
Evangelical
Faith "Youth with a Mission" for granting permission in a Zh-2
zone
(medium-story residential construction) for the use of
"liturgical
buildings and structures" on a parcel of 1,900 square meters at
the
address 6 Superfosfatnaia St. in Ordzhonikidze district.
Moreover
this
was not the first time this happened: in late December 2017
members of the
commission responded coolly to the idea of any religious
construction in the
middle of a planned residential district, and the question was
postponed. Now
the commission completely refused to satisfy the application.
As
was explained
at the session, previously a "Friendship" children's club was
located
here and the evangelicals acquired the territory and the
remaining dilapidated
(this was especially noted at the session—ed.) building in 2007.
The
general
opinion at the session was that this organization is a "dark
horse,"
which had not provided any clear explanations of what would be
built there in
the event of a positive decision.
The
result was
that a majority of members declared that they opposed an
"exotic" use
of the territory within a residential district.
The chairman of the commission, a deputy head of the city administration, Viktor Ageev, advised the applicant to first obtain the support of the local population, and if this happens then theoretically it would be possible to return to the question. (tr. by PDS, posted 15 February 2018)
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