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Page 2 -- December 10, 2005 <br /> <br />First Amendment-- Church wants to build daycare center <br />City denies license because of zoning restriction <br />Citation: Grace United Merhodist Church v. City of Cheyenne, loth U.S. Circuit <br />Court of Appeals, No. 03-8060 (2005) <br />The loth U.S. Circuit has jutZisdiction over Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, <br />Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming. <br />WYOMING (10/25/05) -- Grace United Methodist Church wanted to operate a <br />daycare center on its property. The proposed daycare center would care for 100 <br />children. However, the applicable zoning ordinance prohibited any entity from <br />operating a daycare with more than 12 children in the residential zone where the <br />church was located. <br /> The board of adjustment den/ed the church the necessary permits. <br /> The church sued. and the court ruled in favor of the city. <br /> The church appealed, arguing its First Amendment fights were violated. <br /> DECISION:Affirmed. <br /> The church did not point to any evidence to support its allegation that the <br /> city specifically targeted religious ~oups or the Methodist denomination in its <br /> enforcement of the ordinance. <br /> The church did not suggest that the board of adjustment made any state- <br /> ments amounting to anfi-rel/gious or anti-Methodist sentiment, or allowed some <br /> groups to operate daycare centers in a similar zone while denying the church <br /> <br />TAKE THE OUINLAN SURVEY!--. <br /> <br /> Dear Readers. - - .. <br /> <br /> To help us attain our goal of providing you the mo~t useful <br />information that you need-- irt our newsletters and rMdi~ional <br />products -- we hope that you will respond to the £olIowing <br />questions. <br /> <br /> 1) What is/are the biggest challenge(s) in yourjob currently2 <br /> 2) What topics do you mostwant ro learn about? <br /> <br /> Email your responses to lesley @ quinlan, cam. <br /> We are grateful for your feedback, and we will share the re- <br />suits of this survey with you in an upcoming Zoning Bulletin. <br /> <br /> calf (617) <br /> ~, ~.O05 Quinlan publishing Group. Any reproduction is prel~ibited. ,--or more information please <br /> <br />124 <br /> <br /> <br />