A church or ministry and zoning

Start with these

1. Guide

   Church Zoning Often Subject to Special Use Permits

   Once church zoning was permitted as of right in residential districts. But traffic and other issues have led to cities often requiring conditional use permits.

2. Visitor question

   Do I need a permit to start using my house as a church?

   Visitor Question: My city has planning and building departments and Conditional Use Permits. Do I need a conditional use permit to start using my residential

3. Visitor question

   Churches in Single Family Neighborhood

   Visitor Question: If a church is approved for an existing low density single family home neighborhood, is it treated the same as every other resident of

4. Visitor question

   Converting a storefront into a church

   Visitor Question: I have a building with four addresses, 2133-2135-2137-2139 W. Manchester Ave. I want to convert 2139 into a small church. What are the

5. Visitor question

   More Church Zoning Questions

   At Useful Community Development we are receiving many questions about zoning for churches or church-related land uses. We already have answered several

6. Visitor question

   Renting a commercial building for a church

   Visitor Question: We opened a home based new church/mission in Colton, CA City. Now the number of members has grown to about 24 people, thank God, and

Original guidance from A Good Community: How to Make and Keep It, owned and edited by Nancy Thompson (formerly Useful Community Development), shared with permission. Community Compass notes and updates are our own and have not been reviewed by Nancy Thompson.