CHURCH WINS DISCRIMINATION SUIT AGAINST CITY

A north Florida city twice denied a permit for a church to build on a main boulevard but the church took the city to court and prevailed at trial.

The city of Jacksonville Beach denied Church of Our Savior a conditional-use permit because city officials preferred that the church property be used for some other purpose and had zoned it accordingly. But the U.S. District Court of the Middle District of Florida ruled Tuesday that federal law prevents the city from engaging in that type of discrimination.
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