Court Opinion

ID: 9518291
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 00:49:16.495688+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:28:13.125933
License: Public Domain

CONCURRING OPINION

Achor, J.
I concur in the result of the majority opinion for the reasons hereinafter stated.
1. Zoning boards may not refuse to grant variances which result in the exclusion of a church from a residential district except, possibly, under circumstances where the construction as proposed might endanger the health or safety of the public. Bd. of Zoning Ap. of Decatur v. Jehovah’s Witnesses (1954), 233 Ind. 83, 117 N. E. 2d 115.
2. Activities or building, which are by tradition and custom, integral or component parts of a particular church or house of worship, may not be excluded. Keeling v. Board of Zoning Appeals (1946), 117 Ind. App. 314, 69 N. E. 2d 613; Board of Zoning Appeals v. Wheaton (1948), 118 Ind. App. 38, 76 N. E. 2d 597.
Note. — Reported in 172 N. E. 2d 39.