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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting -July 21, 2006 <br />6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.) <br />C. South Bend Central Development Area <br />continue ... <br />Mr. King: Your answers have been <br />sufficient forme. <br />Ms. Jones: I'm pretty clear on what the law <br />says. <br />Mr. Masters: What I wanted to make clear is <br />that we're not stating that there will never be <br />any religious services in that building, <br />because, in fact, there will be. I don't think <br />that meets the definition of what a church is. <br />I don't want you to be left with the <br />impression, a wrong impression, that there <br />will never be an activity there that would be <br />labeled as a religious service. But you may <br />know that Century Center has been used for <br />the conduct of religious services, too. And <br />on a fairly regular basis by some <br />organizations. But that doesn't make <br />Century Center a church either. My client's <br />position is that he will not remonstrate <br />against any liquor license for adjacent <br />properties by saying "we're a church and you <br />can't have a liquor license." But I'm not <br />telling you it won't be used on occasion for <br />what could be considered a religious service. <br />Ms. Jones: That was clearly stated in this <br />letter. <br />Ms. Greene: Let me just dovetail on that: <br />Use on an occasional basis does not meet the <br />definition of a church. There's also a <br />definition of a school that would be equally <br />applicable. As long as it's not regularly used <br />for that purpose, that's not an issue. <br />26 <br />