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1 Paige Cunningham & Samuel E. Ericsson, Zoning Ordinances, Religious Uses of Land and the Free Exercise of Religion 1 (1982)

handle is hein.religion/zonord0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ZONING ORDINANCES, RELIGIOUS USES OF LAND, AND THE FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION Paige Cunningham* Samuel E. Ericsson ** INTROD!.CTIO . In a town near Eoston, the buJ1dinc cmr-iEsioner notif:e a clerk.nvFan that inviting -ore th In four peopic. t- his ho--e f-- 1 Bible studv was a vioation of the --Tome Occurati.. oraina_ L. In Atla.a, a zo ...n._:.al stated than n-; k1:A f raru Bible study which incluces non-residents is ia' without a special use permit. 2 Homeo,-ners in Los Angeles were warned tha- if even on non-res.... entered t her hone for a religiouse 3 ~ a cease and desist order would issue. 3 wo arvlan4 resicCnts were issLed a citation for usinc their hne fcr ,wocrshiD ser--ice- 4 without a use and cccunancy permit. In Canton, [.Vichicn, a lo-- pastor was told by a zoning official that any recular Bible stud in a home was a v1iolation of the zoning ordonar.c,: ohe code J a. e 5 provision f r a soc D use pr>z i t. In the City of :ta rtcn, Calforn a a nu-b f 3 oa 7n refucees, who had fled tcir ho.neland due to rei.,7 1 erscu ... ,, formed the R marnian Pente:costal Church of coJ and urchased a facli!tv in a delacidated part of town in which to hold their reliznouser vices. There waL no other available facil-ty witn geographiou_ reach since many of the members of the con.rocacn did not drive cars and relied on the close proximity of the facility to their ,o. The City of Stanton brought suit seeking a temporary restrainino order and preliminary injunction on the ground-s that the religious

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