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Friday, July 26, 2019
County Sued Over Zoning Denial To Faith-Based Recovery Program
Suit was filed in a Georgia federal district court last week by a ministry offering a faith-based residential program for men recovering from addiction alleging discriminatory action by a county zoning board. the complaint (full text) in Vision Warriors Church, Inc. v. Cherokee County Board of Commissioners, (ND GA, filed 7/15/2019) alleges that the county's denial of zoning approval for operation of plaintiff's recovery program violates the federal Fair Housing Act, the ADA, RLUIPA and the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection clause. ACLJ issued a press release announcing the filing of the lawsuit.
Labels:
Equal Protection,
Fair Housing Act,
Georgia,
RLUIPA,
Zoning