I find it difficult to believe that county officials in San Diego would actually pursue a neighborhood Bible study group for violating a regulation requiring a major use permit before being allowed to meet. But given the source of the news account - an area TV station - I have to believe it is credible.
County employees apparently responded to a complaint about the number of cars parking in the neighborhood due to the weekly gatherings of some 20-25 people. While that seems like a legitimate action, the problem comes as workers question the nature of the gathering, not the parking concerns. No doubt those county workers never anticipated the matter escalating into a potential First Amendment issue.
What's next? Backyard neighborhood barbecues?
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In Montecito we live under and abide by a "Conditional Use Permit" CUP that details what we are allowed to do and not do in a residential community: lumen regulations, sound regulations, hours of operation and cars in the parking lot. It's a new reality in revenue starved and christian minority status.
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