{"id":430720,"date":"2015-12-18T16:48:15","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T22:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=430720"},"modified":"2015-12-20T07:58:26","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T13:58:26","slug":"longview-businesses-fight-possible-church-property-conversion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=430720","title":{"rendered":"Longview Businesses Fight Possible Church Property Conversion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/12\/longview-cityof.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-430721\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/12\/longview-cityof-150x150.png\" alt=\"longview-cityof\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-430721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/12\/longview-cityof-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/12\/longview-cityof-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/12\/longview-cityof.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>LONGVIEW &#8212; Two Longview businesses have gathered almost 1,000 signatures on their petition against a church property possibly turning into a retail store. KETK reports Longview Christian Church is under negotiation to move to a former movie theater off Texas 31. If the church turns into a retail development, it would need changes to the zoning of the property. Skinner&#8217;s Grocery, Hardin True Value, and neighboring homes are all involved in signing the petition. These neighbors are worried about road adjustments and traffic that could come with the property&#8217;s rezoning. <!--more--> <\/p>\n<p>Michael R. Shirley, Longview&#8217;s director of development services, said the church property &#8220;would have to go through a rezoning process through two public hearings &#8212; one before our planning and zoning commission, and second before our city council.&#8221;  The petition is to the city&#8217;s Planning and Zoning Commission. That commission&#8217;s role is to take these kinds of issues, especially larger petitions, into consideration. Shirley said this is one of the larger petitions that the city of Longview has seen.  &#8220;Generally, when you&#8217;ve got a rezone and you&#8217;re dealing with a neighborhood, you generally might have 20, 30, 40 signatures.&#8221; If the petition is approved, it would have to be written and signed by 20 percent of landowners within 200 feet of the property.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONGVIEW &#8212; Two Longview businesses have gathered almost 1,000 signatures on their petition against a church property possibly turning into a retail store. KETK reports Longview Christian Church is under negotiation to move to a former movie theater off Texas 31. 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