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45 <br />Definition of "Church" in Other Minnesota Communities <br />Several Minnesota communities define the term "church" within their zoning ordinances. <br />A number of communities limit themselves to the word "church" versus religious institution. <br />The following definitions of church are representative of what other communities are using: <br />a. Church/Religious Institution/Place of Worship: A tax-exempt building, together <br />with its accessory buildings and uses commonly associated with religious <br />institutions, where persons regularly assemble and use principally for religious <br />worship and which building, together with its accessory buildings and common <br />religious uses, is maintained and controlled by a religious body organized to <br />sustain public worship. (St. Charles) <br />b. Religious Institution: A building or campus in which worship, ceremonies, rituals <br />and education pertaining to a particular system of beliefs are held. Convents, <br />rectories, and the like, may be considered as part of a religious institution campus <br />if located on the same parcel. (Brooklyn Park) <br />c. Church: A building, together with its accessory buildings and uses, where <br />persons regularly assemble for religious worship and which building, together <br />with its accessory buildings and uses, is maintained and controlled by a religious <br />body organized to sustain public worship. (Lake Elmo) <br />d. Church or Synagogue: Includes the following: church, synagogue, rectory, parish <br />house or similar building incidental to the particular use which is maintained and <br />operated by an organized group of people for religious purposes. (Midway) <br />e. Church: A building or use of land in which persons regularly assemble for <br />religious worship and which shall be maintained and controlled by a religious <br />body organized to promote religious worship. (Greenfield) <br />f. Church: A building or edifice consecrated to religious worship, where people join <br />together in some form of public worship under the aegis and direction of a person <br />who is authorized under the laws of the State of Minnesota to solemnize <br />marriages. Camp meeting grounds, mikvahs, coffee houses, recreational <br />complexes, retreat houses, sleeping quarters for persons during spiritual retreats <br />extending for periods of more than one day, Bible camps with live-in quarters, <br />ritual slaughter houses, radio or television towers and transmission facilities, <br />theological seminaries, day care centers, hospitals and drug treatment centers are <br />not churches. A church as defined above may include living quarters for persons <br />employed on the premises of the church. (Lonsdale) <br />15- <br />S"1'UDY OP ASS9MOLIES, MEETING LODGES, AND CONV ENTION HALLS <br />C11'Y OP SAINT AN'I HONY V ILLAGE <br />