[Magdalen] Acronyms and initialisms (was TECnical question)

[Charles Wohlers]

I think it depends on the state. At least in Massachusetts, churches can be 
located anywhere, no matter the zoning. As the Town of Belmont learned when 
the Mormons decided to build their incredibly ugly temple right on top of a 
hill next to Rt. 2, where it would be most visible.

California may be different.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com




-----Original Message----- 
From: Allan Carr
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 7:05 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Acronyms and initialisms (was TECnical question)

Many years later, I was a member of a Unitarian fellowship that bought a
house here in Thousand Oaks and used it as a church until it fell afoul of
zoning regulations and had to move elsewhere.
A bit later, I practiced and, eventually, accepted Soto Zen which met, and
still does, in a group of houses south of Koreatown in Los Angeles.
All these years, I've wondered if zoning laws only apply to suburbs but not
big cities like Toronto and Los Angeles, where lots of people have started
churches in old residential housing.