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Week 5- DQ1

Week 5- DQ1

Q The Ohio Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, Inc. sought to construct a church building in a residential area in Lakewood, Ohio. Lakewood's residential zoning prohibited churches in all residential districts. The Ohio Congregation brought suit challenging the ordinance as unconstitutional and a breach of the freedom of exercise clause of the constitution. What result?

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In Ohio’s congregation of Jehovah’s Witness Inc. v City of Lakewood, It was found that the city of Lakewood did perform the responsibility of designing the zoning code with the decision to completely eradicate the churches from some of the specific residential areas just because of the traffic hazards that day by day is contributing to an increase in the noise level, but potentially decreased the value of the properties as well as played a significant role in reducing the negative impact of various other social issues.