Utah Supreme Court Rejects Mission's Zoning Challenge On Procedural Grounds

In Salt Lake City Mission v. Salt Lake City, (UT Sup. Ct., April 22, 2008), the Utah Supreme Court rejected claims by a Mission that serves the homeless and addicts that its religious freedom was infringed when Salt Lake City prevented it from applying for conditional use permits for four locations and denied a permit for a fifth location. The court held that plaintiffs had not exhausted their administrative remedies as is required before bringing a challenge under the Utah Constitution, and that the Mission's federal constitutional claims were not ripe for adjudication.