As we might have expected, CRC has filed their own motion with the Zoning Board, asking for a rehearing of the recent decision. Despite the reversal of their initial denial, CRC is claiming that the “oppressive conditions (attached by the ZBA) make this approval tantamount to a denial”
Yes, they really do call them “oppressive” – they actually use the word 5 different times in their filing. Their primary claim seems to be that they are somehow the victims of religious discrimination, and the only redress for that is that they should be allowed to do whatever they darn well please. If you are interested, the full text of the church’s motion is here:
I’m not sure how the rest of you feel, but I am personally offended by the suggestion that this has anything do with religious bigotry. And, to claim that the whole town zoning process is somehow bigoted is just ludicrous. I also find it ironic to say the least that we are being threatened with a religious discrimination lawsuit by a group that has been allowed to meet in our PUBLIC high school auditorium for the last 17 years!
We will be filing our appeal shortly, and then it will be up to the Zoning Board (and probably eventually the courts) to sort it all out. Stay tuned. In the meantime, feel free to contemplate the monstrosity below . . .
Greensboro Road Neighborhood Info 