Courts Reject Attempts to Exempt Charter Schools from Local Zoning Requirements

Burke Education Law Alert

Two recent cases confirm that only school districts can exercise Government Code section 53094’s power to exempt classroom facilities from local zoning requirements.  That statute provides that “the governing board of a school district … by a vote of two-thirds of its members, may render a city or county zoning ordinance inapplicable to a proposed use of property by the school district.”

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