Community is “Substantially Burdened by the Operations of the Church”
- Posted by: Todd
- Posted on: Thu, May 08, 2008
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Here’s a satellite shot of the church. You can see how ‘crowded’ the neighborhood is:
What should the church do? (I know, first-hand, that the church has reached out to the township and is working as best they can to find a solution). How far should they push?
Give me a break. My friends at NorthRidge Church near Detroit are now waiting for a court ruling to see whether or not they can do any further expansion on their current facility and property. The church facility sits on 79 acres, is bordered by a four lane highway, and is anything but an eye-sore. Yet township officials say that the community is 'substantially burdened by the operations of the church'.
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Jan on Mon, May 19, 2008
In our community if you want to build you just about have to sue. I’ve heard it over and over. The God where we live is environmentlism. And anything man builds or drives or waters, etc is viewed as the enemy.
There is a church that has land and wants to build and has been struggling with this city council. The community is very anti church. They don’t value them, don’t see the need and don’t recoginize that a church contributes in any way to the community.
I think we are going to see this more and more.
Tom on Mon, April 06, 2009
Here in Nebraska there are a number of churches popping up in the downtown districts of many communities and they are having a negative effect on the district for a number of reasons. Not only do the churches not pay property taxes, they are also currently exempt from having to pay parking and district improvement assessments. This causes a lot of resentment from other property owners. Many of these churches are created by minorities and are sometimes involved in things that are not traditional religious activities, which leads many people to think that they are just fronts for business operations. These “storefront churches” can also prevent restaurants and bars from acquiring liquor licenses due to proximity rules, which directly affects the revitalization efforts of many downtowns since these businesses would attract other entertainment venues. I think the law is a little vague. Cities should be able to control the land use of certain areas of their communities, that is what city planning is all about. But I agree that religious institutions should not be discriminated against.
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