Neighbor of a friend of mine use to be a pastor until his bipolar disease created enough tension that he had to leave the church.
He started a bible study group that eventually had maybe 40-50 people showing up on Sunday mornings. Needless to say it didn’t make the street safe for kids to be playing with so many people coming and going, not to mention you couldn’t find a parking place.
After a while he started making improvements to his home, and back yard. Filled in his pool to make a stage, erected a cross, worship area etc. Maybe $80 to 100k in improvements.
I told my friend(and he agreed) he should call the city because his neighborhood wasn’t zoned for a church.
Obviously the guy was making a killing at the offering plate and he surely could(and should) afford to go rent a space to hold his services.
Neighborhoods are for people to live and not a place to have church services.
“Neighborhoods are for people to live and not a place to have church services.”
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Or at least go through the steps of getting a zoning variance so your neighbors get a say at public hearing. If the neighbors are cool with it, fine, but everyone pays for their home and property and all should be able to enjoy what they pay for in the condition that they purchased it.
SAy Man....this aint no residential area. This is a Neighborhood!!
If he wants to hold church he needs buy or rent a bldg that is properly zoned for a church. I see store fronts in old shopping ctns used for this all the time. If he can get away with this then Joe Blow down the street can open a Bingo Hall in his backyard...right?
You see where this can lead.
Zoning laws are for the good of the people.
Sounds like a street parking hog. Not neighborly, in a way this other fellow was.