Town of Richmond v. Murdock

As at a cornhusking bee, some shucking needs to be done in this case to get down to the major issues presented by this appeal. So we begin by discussing and discarding the general claim of constitutional infirmity in any town in this state providing for conditional use permits as to a commercial operation in an area zoned agricultural.

Free speech. Appellant contends that the prohibition without use permit of his skeet-shooting range operation is “an abridgement of the right of free speech and of assembly.” As to free speech, while more than verbal or written communication may be involved, we…