CHRISTIAN ROMANY CHURCH v. BROWARD COUNTY

No. 4D07-3139.

980 So.2d 1164 (2008)

CHRISTIAN ROMANY CHURCH MINISTRIES, INC., Appellant, v. BROWARD COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Florida and Security Bank, N.A., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied May 30, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lauri Waldman Ross of Ross & Girten, and Brian P. Patchen of Law Offices of Brian P. Patchen, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

Jeffrey J. Newton, County Attorney, Andrew J. Meyers, Chief Appellate Counsel, and James D. Rowlee, Assistant County Attorney, Fort Lauderdale, for Appellee-Broward County.

Steven Geoffrey Gieseler, Stuart, for amicus curiae-Pacific Legal Foundation.


STONE, J.

The church appeals an order allowing the county to condemn the church property through eminent domain. Although the church does not dispute that the taking would serve a public purpose, it asserts that the county has failed to show a reasonable necessity for the taking and is in violation of the Florida Religious Freedom Restoration Act (FRFRA). We affirm.

The county seeks to expand a substance abuse facility (BARC), requiring the church's relocation...

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