We are not talking about that, this thread is about the code violation. You are veering off into a side issue. We have laws/codes for a reason.
Some people get confused and use home/church to mean the same thing.
Your words.
The town has not deemed them an annoyance for noise or traffic. They simply want money. Tell me, if they held Bible studies in a public park pavilion, would that make it a "church"?