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RHEMA CHRISTIAN CTR. v. BD. OF ZONING ADJ.

No. 84-1627.

515 A.2d 189 (1986)

RHEMA CHRISTIAN CENTER, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT, Respondent.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 10, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deidra E. Thomas and Winifred E. Cannon, with whom Shirley Williams, Melissa Johnson, and Gwendolyn Crockett, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for petitioner.

Beverly J. Burke, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Inez Smith Reid, Corp. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, and John H. Suda, Acting Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief, for respondent.

Before NEBEKER, NEWMAN and FERREN, Associate Judges.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

For a second time, the Board of Zoning Adjustment denied Rhema Christian Center's application for a special exception to operate a parochial school at its church in a residential neighborhood. Rhema contends: (1) the school is an accessory use of the church and therefore must be permitted as of right; (2) the Board's refusal to permit this accessory use violated Rhema's constitutional right to the free exercise of religion; (3) alternatively...

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