A few weeks back, Planning Commission unanimously supported a CUP modification for the West Valley Muslim Association’s Farley Road mosque—concerning a proposed extension of hours for prayer and formalizing other regulations. Both the Islamic organization and a neighborhood group found things to dislike in the text.
After Town staff decided the initial conditions were probably against federal anti-religious discrimination rules, the item was brought back to Planning Commission with additional restrictions; some which annoyed the Farley Road Neighborhood Coalition, and some which WVMA took issue with.
And then during a May 21 special meeting, Planning Commission finalized the update in less than an hour, passing it 4-1, with only Susan Burnett dissenting. (Both Kenra Burch and Emily Thomas were absent—Thomas had recused herself at prior meetings)…