[DOWNLOAD] "Modifying the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act to Create a Constitutional Statutory Protection for Religious Landowners." by Case Western Reserve Law Review # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Modifying the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act to Create a Constitutional Statutory Protection for Religious Landowners.
- Author : Case Western Reserve Law Review
- Release Date : January 22, 2009
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 339 KB
Description
Your home sits in a residential zone where a special-use permit is required for certain activities. A neighbor seeks to lease his home to a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation center of which he is the president. The center would house more than ten residents, most of whom are recovering drug addicts or alcoholics with criminal records; in order to house this number of unrelated persons, a special-use permit is required. Your neighbors have voiced concerns about the compatibility of the center with the residential character of the area and the perceived threat to neighborhood safety. When your local planning commission ultimately denies the permit based on compatibility concerns, you are relieved. However, soon the commission is taken to court under a federal statute that gives religious organizations special rights in land-use disputes--yes, the president of the center refers to it as a "Christian discipleship program"--so you may soon have new neighbors. (1)