▪ 2006 Land Use in Review: RLUIPA and Local Land Use

Revisiting the RLUIPA issue, the Ninth Circuit held in Guru Nanak Sikh Society of Yuba City v. County of Sutter, 456 F.3d 978 (9th Cir., Aug. 1, 2006) that a local land use decision regarding a church's proposed use of its property violated the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000.  While it is not a groundbreaking case, it illustrates the competing dynamics when a church's desires to use its property clashes with local land use rules.  My summary of the case is posted here.