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OXFORD HOUSE, INC. v. CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH, VA.

Civ. A. No. 2:92CV980.

825 F.Supp. 1251 (1993)

OXFORD HOUSE, INC., a Delaware not-for-profit corporation; Oxford House — Virginia Beach, an unincorporated association; Oxford House — Chicks Beach, an unincorporated association; Oxford House — Lake Shores, an unincorporated association; and Oxford House — Tidewater, an unincorporated association, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA, a municipal corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

July 2, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Barkai Pershing, ACLU Foundation of Virginia, Frank Morris Feibelman, Feibelman & Erdmann, Richmond, VA, for plaintiffs.

Lawrence Steven Emmert, William M. Macali, Office of the City Atty., Virginia Beach, VA, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PAYNE, District Judge.

This action arises as a consequence of plaintiffs' efforts to maintain group housing for recovering alcohol and drug abusers in areas zoned for "single family" dwellings in Virginia Beach, Virginia (the "City"). The City's zoning ordinance defines a "family" to include groups of no more than four people unrelated by blood or marriage, see Va. Beach Code Zoning Ordinance § 111, but provides that...

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