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Board of Adjustment to consider church’ application for a use permit, re: Atlas Atlantic Cinema

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December 6th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

UPDATE: Meeting postponed to a date to be determined, due to a lack of a quorum of the Board available for the meeting. A new Public Hearing will be rescheduled and a notice posted for that hearing.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – The City of Atlantic’s Board of Adjustment is set to meet next Monday morning, Dec. 12th, to hold a Public Hearing on a matter that has the community upset. The hearing takes place at 7:30-a.m. in the City Council’s Chambers at City Hall, and is with regard to an application by New Life Church for a Conditional Use Permit that would allow for the operation of a church in the C-3 Central District [by section 12.030 (10)] of the zoning ordinances of the City of Atlantic. The application is for the Conditional Use Permit for the properties of 28 West 5th, Atlas Atlantic Movie Cinema, and 410 Poplar Street.
The Public may comment in person at the hearing or may submit written comments in advance to the City Clerk’s Office at 23 East 4th Street in Atlantic. Questions may be addressed to the Zoning Administrator John Lund or Johnlund@cityofatlantic.com or may call (712) 243-4810.This notice is under Article 25.080 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Atlantic, Iowa.
On Tuesday (Dec. 6th), officials with the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce and CADCO (Cass-Atlantic Development Corporation), announced that despite their combined efforts to purchase the building which houses the movie theater, the offer was rejected. The owners instead agreed to sell the property to the New Life Church.
Devin & Rylea Anderson, owners of the movie theater have issued a statement of the matter:
“We are hard at work this winter on our movie schedule, our merchant movies, and our winter popcorn samplers. We continue to rent the movie theater to the New Life Church on Sundays and will support them as they appear before the board of adjustments to get a conditional use permit for their activities in the theater building.”