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<br />December 25, 20091 Volume 3 I No. 24 <br /> <br />Zoning Bulletin <br /> <br />Civil Rights-Ordinance prohibits religious <br />assemblies in district but allows. other <br />II assemblies" . <br /> <br />Church says ordinance's unequal treatment of religious <br />assemblies violates RLUIPA . , <br /> <br />Cita,tion: River of Life Kingdom Ministries v.' Village of Hazel Crest, <br />585 R3d 364 (7th Cir. 2009)) <br /> <br />The Seventh U.S. Circuit has jurisdiction over Illinois, Indiana, and <br />Wisconsin. <br /> <br />r~ <br />( ) <br /> <br />SEVENTH CIRCUIT (ILLINOIS) (10/27/09)-The River, of Life <br />Kingdom Ministries (the "Church") was a nonprofit religious organi- <br />zation. In the fall of 2006, with the intent of relocating its congrega- <br />tion, the Church purchased property (the "Property") in the village's <br />"B-2 Service Business District" (the "District") Under the village's zon- <br />ing ordinance (the "Ordinance") that District was also designated as a <br />"Tax Increment Financing" ("TIF")district. <br /> <br />The objectives of the TIP district were to: "provide an attractive com- (. -. 'I), <br />mercialarea that enhanced the regional image of [the village]"; and revi- <br /> <br /> <br />WEST@ <br /> <br />610 Opperman Drive 0 P.O. Box 64526 0 St. Paul, MN 55164-0526 <br />1-800-229-20840 email: west.customerservice@thomsonreuters.comowest.thomson.comlquinlan <br />. ISSN 0514-7905 0 @ 2009 Thomson Reuters. All Rights Reserved. <br />Quinlan™ is a Thomson Reuters brand. <br /> <br />2 @ 2009 Thomson Reuters <br /> <br />-;-\, <br /> <br />76 <br /> <br />l.) <br /> <br />j <br />I <br />1 <br />I <br />i <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />! <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />II <br />II <br />i <br />I <br />I <br />II <br />" <br />