Town bans pagan temple after finding out its not Christian

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38. He doesn't have any case unless he actually applies for a permit

The press coverage I've seen merely says ... Several home businesses operate on the stretch of road where Dahl lives. While home occupation is allowed there, selling things isn't ...

Home businesses are often not subject to much code restriction, when the activity doesn't affect the character of the neighborhood. For example, someone running a small mail-order business, or a small on-call plumbing service from their home, won't be affecting the neighbors much. A successful retail store might affect the character of the neighborhood. It might not help him legally, if he's already running a retail store on the property without a permit

Examination of the property by Google Earth suggests there is a building there that might at one time have been a country store or a local church meeting house. This probably wouldn't help him much, since existing uses are often only temporarily granted variances by grandfathering when zoning laws become more restrictive