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RLUIPA Settlement Agreements between Churches and Cities can be Successfully Challenged by Third Parties so Beware.

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Nonprofit and Church Legal Trends - Free Edition - November December 2007 (free edition)

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that concern about a claim under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) does not justify a City’s granting a zoning permit for a church in a settlement agreement without giving the neighbors the opportunity to be heard at a hearing required by the zoning code.