RLUIPA Lawsuit By Church Over Approval of Concert Site Is Settled

Yesterday's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports on the settlement of a RLUIPA lawsuit brought by the Church of Universal Love and Music against Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The church was seeking rezoning or a special exception so it could continue to use property in an agricultural area for religious concerts. County officials claimed that concert venue founder William Pritts did not claim that his organization was a church until zoning problems arose. (See prior posting.) A confidentiality agreement prevented disclosure of terms of the settlement which is merely described as "mutually satisfactory."