Teen Challenge Sues Over Zoning Denial By North Carolina City

Monday's Elizabeth City, North Carolina Daily Advance reports that a lawsuit was filed in a North Carolina federal district court last week challenging Elizabeth City's refusal to permit Albemarle Teen Challenge to operate a residential addiction treatment center for women in an historic district in the city. Teen Challenge offers a "Christian faith-based solution to life-controlling drug and alcohol problems." The lawsuit claims that the city's rejection of a rezoning request and the Board of Zoning Adjustment's classification of the proposed facility as a "boarding house" for zoning purposes, violate the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Fair Housing Act and RLUIPA.