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Article: Black Forest chapel OK'd Area's character will suffer, opponents say
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- The Gazette
- Article date:
- July 29, 2005
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The El Paso County commissioners Thursday approved a plan for a
wedding chapel in Black Forest, despite objections from residents who
said it would harm the area's character.
Commissioner Wayne Williams, who represents Black Forest,
disagreed with neighbors that Thee Occasion wedding chapel would be
too big and would draw too much traffic.
Jim Bensberg was the only one of the five commissioners to vote
against the chapel.
"I think this use is incongruous with Black Forest," Bensberg
said.
The appropriateness of the chapel in the residential community
northeast of Colorado Springs has been debated since May, when the
commissioners rejected Millie Carlton's plan to build Thee Occasion
as a ...