Religious establishment zoning definition

Opposed to a proposed Ethiopian church at 2239 Bachman Valley Road, he asked the board to tighten the Chapter 158 exception allowing churches in agricultural districts so projects must serve current local residents.

A CPA representing 100+ neighbors, she submitted a proposed text amendment to Chapter 158 and said the one-line definition of religious establishment is too broad and open to fraud, asking for an hour with a commissioner to review it.

Argued the vague "churches and other places of worship" definition creates a loophole letting developers build mega-churches on farmland for out-of-state congregations, and asked for a narrow definition plus a BZA vetting mechanism.