Legal Opinion
Van Tran v. Gwinn
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 2, 2001No. Record 002810PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lacy
The primary issue in this appeal is whether a zoning ordinance prohibiting the use of property in a residential conservation district for “churches, chapels, temples, synagogues, and other such places of worship” without a special use permit is constitutional.
The property at issue in this case is a five-acre parcel zoned as a residential conservation district (R-C District) and containing a single-family dwelling and a detached three-car garage structure. Thanh Van Tran, a Buddhist monk and president of the Vietnamese Buddhist Association (VBA), moved to the subject property in 1989. At the…
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