Panel Seeks Elimination of Church Fire Pit
The committee also approved increased enrollment space for Ad Fontes Academy, a small private school.
The Western Fairfax County Citizens Association Land-Use Committee on Tuesday ordered the Centreville Presbyterian Church to shut down a fire pit on church property after neighbors complained that the open fires could rapidly spread to nearby homes. The committee action, which is advisory only, came as part of a permit application by the church to increase the enrollment at the Ad Fontes Academy, a small private school which leases space at the church. The academy wants to increase its enrollment threshold from 99 to 150 students and add grades 1-4 to make the school a full K-12 general education facility, said John Rinaldi, a planning consultant hired by the church. The panel said they had no problem with the academy expansion, but were …
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Mary C. Stachyra
2:30 pm on Friday, May 18, 2012
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Chris. Anyone else have an opinion on this? more ›