A Pennsylvania municipality has voted down a rezoning request from a multi-site church to develop a former grocery store building.
The Penn Hills Council voted 4-1 earlier this month to reject the Monroeville Assembly of God’s application to develop the former Bottom Dollar grocery into a new campus for both worship and charity events.
Rejection of the application came from a belief that the building should remain available for commercial use, for even when unused it generates $40,000 in annual taxes, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Mayor Sara Kuhn, one of the Council members to vote no, told Monroeville Lead Pastor Lance Lecocq during a meeting that the grocery building “is difficult for us to give up.”
“You chose the heart of the Penn Hills business district. We appreciate the services the church could provide, but we have to put…
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