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AZ Church May Build School After Compromise with Scottsdale City Council
In 2005, the Scottdale City Council refused to permit the SonRise Community Church to build a pre-K-8 religious school on property adjacent to the church. The church responded by filing a lawsuit under RLUIPA in November, 2005. On May 22, 2007, the council reversed that decision, granting the permit and settling the lawsuit.
Neighbors had complained that allowing the church to build on that site, which was zoned for single family homes, would increase traffic and reduce property values. However, the church argued that denying the permit was "an abridgement of the church’s rights to free speech, religion, assembly and due process."
Read more in the East Valley Tribune, here.
Read Howard Friedman's summary at Religion Clause here.