Proposal could lead to 199-foot cross off US 80

Because, you know, the bigger your cross the more Jesus loves you...

http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20081216/UPDATES01/81216015/0/UPDATES01

BOSSIER CITY — A proposal that could allow a north Louisiana church to build a nearly 200-foot-tall cross has been advanced by the Bossier City Metropolitan Planning Commission.

Central Assembly of God wants to put up the 199-foot cross off U.S. Highway 80 just outside of Bossier City. But the church is zoned for structures no more than 45 feet tall.

The planning commission on Monday voted 6-0 for a draft of a proposal that would allow the building of structures higher than the maximum height if an exception is granted by the local Board of Admustment. The proposal goes next to the Bossier Parish Police Jury.

Sam Marsiglia, planning commission director, said the police jury will likely consider the change in February.