• qwertilliopasd@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    regulations like these are written in blood

    Absolutely 100% completely. But in this case it I’m not sure the church is actually violating codes, but rather the city is using the claim as a smokescreen to punish them for helping homeless people.

    This article quotes the city.

    Bryan’s planning and zoning administrator gave the church 10 days to stop housing people, saying it was in a zone that does not permit residential use on the first floor.