Legal Opinion
Friends of the Bethany Place, Inc. v. City of Topeka
Court of Appeals of Kansas
Decided January 22, 2010No. 100,997PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McAnany, J.:
This appeal centers on a contentious plan by Grace Episcopal Cathedral (Cathedral) in Topeka and The Episcopal Diocese of Kansas, Inc. (collectively the Church), to construct a parking lot on a portion of Bethany Place, a tract of ground on which the Cathedral and two other buildings are located. These two other buildings and the surrounding grounds of Bethany Place (but not the Cathedral itself) are listed on the Register of Historic Kansas Places. The State Historical Preservation Officer (SHPO) opposed the project.
The matter came before the Topeka City Council (Council) on the…
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