Legal Opinion
Jesus Center v. Farmington Hills Zoning Board of Appeals
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided January 12, 1996No. Docket 163536PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBandstra, P.J.
This case presents an important question of first impression for Michigan’s communities and churches: To what extent may a local government, through its zoning authority, limit a church from undertaking, in the name of religion, activities that have a negative effect on the church’s neighbors?
Since 1984, petitioner, The Jesus Center, has been renting a two-story building at the corner of Inkster Road and Byron Street in the City of Farmington Hills. The church holds traditional services there, including Sunday morning and eve ning worship, weekly Bible study, and prayer meetings. For some…
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