Religious Uses in Nonresidential Districts

What limitations does a municipality face in excluding religious uses in commercial or industrial districts? That issue has arisen in several cases over the last year and a half, most recently in <i>Western New York District, Inc. v. Village of Lancaster</i>. Although neither New York nor federal courts have definitively answered that question, it appears that municipalities enjoy more latitude to exclude religious uses in commercial and industrial districts than they enjoy with respect to residential districts.

13 minute read November 27, 2007 at 01:08 PM
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Stewart E. Sterk
Religious Uses in Nonresidential Districts

What limitations does a municipality face in excluding religious uses in commercial or industrial districts? That issue has arisen in several cases over the last year and a half, most recently in Western New York District, Inc. v.

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