Deaf Seminary Denied Special Use Permit <\/p>\n
January 8, 2008<\/p>\n
CASTLE HILLS, Texas — A mission to start a seminary school for the
\ndeaf was stalled Tuesday evening by the Castle Hills City Council. <\/p>\n
Hundreds of people attended the meeting at City Hall \u0013 housed in an
\nold church \u0013 as members of the new church asked the council to grant
\na special use permit for seminarians to reside in a single-family
\nresidence currently undergoing modification for multiple-person use. <\/p>\n
Castle Hills has an ordinance that prevents more than five unrelated
\npeople from living in the same residence. <\/p>\n
Of the 26 people who spoke to the council, ten supported a refusal of
\nthe special use permit. <\/p>\n
When the vote was tallied, the city council voted 3-to-2 against
\ngranting the permit. <\/p>\n
Speaking through an interpreter, Father Tom Coughlin of the Dominican
\nMinistry of the Deaf expressed his discontent. <\/p>\n
\u001cI feel numb,\u001d he signed. \u001cNumb with shock that Castle Hills would do
\nsuch a thing with us.\u001d <\/p>\n
Coughlin said he does not know what the seminary will do now, but is
\nconsidering an appeal of the decision. <\/p>\n
The group can re-apply for the same permit in one year.<\/p>\n
Link: http:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/15008967\/detail.html<\/p>\n
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Deaf Seminary Denied Special Use Permit January 8, 2008 CASTLE HILLS, Texas — A mission to start a seminary school for the deaf was stalled Tuesday evening by the Castle Hills City Council. Hundreds of people attended the meeting at…<\/p>\n