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**WebDocMan** · 06-01-2007, 11:19 PM

I saw this and think it is complete bullshit. Apparently a pig farmer is having to shut down his operation because of a new mosque that is going to move in next to it. I think this is crap. What gets me though is that this thing is more common but doesn't get the attention this does because Muslims are involved this time. In the town I grew up in a bar that had been open for years was forced to close because a church moved in next to it and the law states you can't have a place that sells or serves alcohol within so many feet of a church. Personally I do not think any religious group should be able to move into a neighborhood and then force already existing businesses out or tell people what they can or can't do on their property due to these kinds of laws.

Locals Start Pig Racing To Deter Mosque Construction | Sweetness & Light

In the case of the mosque, though, the article just says that the Islamic group has asked the farmer about moving. That is a request rather than seeking forced cessation through court. From what I am reading, that isn't going to happen because the pig farmer won't do that, and he and the neighbours aren't happy about the mosque being there.

IMO, it would be illegal to stop the pig farm business on account of the new mosque, and also shutting down the bar next to the new church in the second matter you mentioned. The businesses in the two instances cited were there before the mosque and church. They must have been legal under any zoning code when set up or pre-existed the creation of a zoning code or else they would have been shut down after they were set up. Thus, they are pre-existing legal uses. In the mosque case, the zoning code, if any, likely allows both uses for the mosque and the pig farm. In the case of the church, you cited the existence of a zoning code about distance requirements between churches and bars, but the bar was obviously there before the church, so it should be considered 'grandfathered' as a legal 'nonconforming use' under zoning code law.

06-01-2007, 11:19 PM	#7
WebDocMan Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 513 Senior Member	I saw this and think it is complete bullshit. Apparently a pig farmer is having to shut down his operation because of a new mosque that is going to move in next to it. I think this is crap. What gets me though is that this thing is more common but doesn't get the attention this does because Muslims are involved this time. In the town I grew up in a bar that had been open for years was forced to close because a church moved in next to it and the law states you can't have a place that sells or serves alcohol within so many feet of a church. Personally I do not think any religious group should be able to move into a neighborhood and then force already existing businesses out or tell people what they can or can't do on their property due to these kinds of laws. Locals Start Pig Racing To Deter Mosque Construction \| Sweetness & Light In the case of the mosque, though, the article just says that the Islamic group has asked the farmer about moving. That is a request rather than seeking forced cessation through court. From what I am reading, that isn't going to happen because the pig farmer won't do that, and he and the neighbours aren't happy about the mosque being there. IMO, it would be illegal to stop the pig farm business on account of the new mosque, and also shutting down the bar next to the new church in the second matter you mentioned. The businesses in the two instances cited were there before the mosque and church. They must have been legal under any zoning code when set up or pre-existed the creation of a zoning code or else they would have been shut down after they were set up. Thus, they are pre-existing legal uses. In the mosque case, the zoning code, if any, likely allows both uses for the mosque and the pig farm. In the case of the church, you cited the existence of a zoning code about distance requirements between churches and bars, but the bar was obviously there before the church, so it should be considered 'grandfathered' as a legal 'nonconforming use' under zoning code law.
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