Boulder City church clears hurdle to build its own home after 20 years

Boulder City church clears hurdle to build its own home after 20 years By Ron Eland Boulder City Review September 5, 2026 - 7:30 am The Boulder City United Methodist Church secured a key approval after two decades of effort, as the Planning Commission voted unanimously to grant a conditional use permit for a new sanctuary on three acres of land the congregation owns next to the Boulder City Cemetery. If no appeals are lodged with the Boulder City Council, the permit will allow the church to move forward with the building permit process; no further action from the commission or the city assembly is required. Pastor Kimber Govett expressed gratitude in an email to the Boulder City Review, stating, “We are incredibly grateful and excited that the readying committee has approved our Conditional Use Permit and that we tin present determination guardant with plans to physique our church,” pb pastor Kimber Govett said the adjacent time successful an email to the Boulder City Review. She added, “Boulder City United Methodist Church has served this assemblage for galore years, and we look guardant to yet gathering a accepted religion on the spot that was purchased for this purpose,” Govett wrote. “We are thankful to everyone who has supported and encouraged america on the way, and we look guardant to being a bully neighbour and continuing to service the Boulder City community. We are excited astir what the aboriginal holds.” The proposed facility, outlined in a report by city planner Loren Keeton, would be approximately 7,200 square feet and situated at 1400 Utah Street. Plans call for the sanctuary, off‑street parking, pedestrian walkways, landscaping, drainage upgrades, lighting, utility connections and other essential infrastructure to support the congregation. Two decades ago the city sold the parcel to the church for $195,000. A conditional use permit for a church was approved by the planning committee in 2009, but economic obstacles halted construction. Later, the church submitted land‑entitlement applications for a 50‑unit senior housing development paired with a church and lawsuit space; the planning committee rejected that proposal and it was withdrawn. Opponents of the current plan raised concerns about traffic, property values, visual obstruction and the building’s appearance and scale. Chairwoman Lorene Krumm addressed those criticisms, saying, “With respect to the plan of the church, determination are nary plan standards for hotels, motels, churches oregon immoderate — it’s not our occupation to find if we don’t similar the design, to contradict the request,” Chairwoman Lorene Krumm said. “That’s not adjacent an due enactment we would take.”