Zoning board won't let church erect 200-foot cross Created: September 29, 2008 10:24 PM Modified: September 30, 2008 10:56 AM A Bossier Parish church will not be allowed to erect a 200-foot cross on a hill just east of Bossier City. A zoning board has rejected a variance for Central Assembly of God, which wanted to erect the white cross off U.S. 80. Zoning restrictions prohibit structures in a residential-agricultural area from being higher than 45 feet. A special exemption would have to be made. The vote against the variance was 4-1.

Zoning board won't let church erect 200-foot cross

Created: September 29, 2008 10:24 PM

Modified: September 30, 2008 10:56 AM

A Bossier Parish church will not be allowed to erect a 200-foot cross on a hill just east of Bossier City.

A zoning board has rejected a variance for Central Assembly of God, which wanted to erect the white cross off U.S. 80.

Zoning restrictions prohibit structures in a residential-agricultural area from being higher than 45 feet. A special exemption would have to be made.

The vote against the variance was 4-1.