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Issues Relating to RLUIPA Safe Harbor and the Equal Protection Clause
Recently the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York grappled with issues relating to local zoning restrictions on houses of worship. In Orthodox Jewish Coalition of Chestnut Ridge v. Village of Chestnut Ridge, New York, 19-CV-443 (KMK) (March 31, 2021), the court addressed the application of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), along with the Equal Protection Clause and a number of procedural issues relating to a motion to dismiss.
The Plaintiffs are an organization and individuals of the Orthodox Jewish Faith, who have strict rules regarding the worship services they must attend and not riding in automobiles on the Sabbath. These various religious mandates require a central location for meals between services and a location within reasonable walking distance to the homes of the congregants, particularly as certain services are after dark and the Village of Chestnut Ridge has few areas with sidewalks. As of January 2019 the Village local laws (the Old Law) required that a house of worship be on no less than a five acre parcel. The only such parcel available in the Village was not centrally located and was prohibitively expensive for the small congregation. Therefore, the congregation rented temporary facilities it claimed were inadequate and caused the loss of congregants, due in part to the temporary nature of the facility. Further, there were claims related to various attempts by the Village to seek fines for alleged violations of the Old Law.
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