Re: [Vision2020] Re: Zoning Code and NSA (archives ) READ § 4-11-9 (80) and §...

[Tbertruss at aol.com]

Saundra:

You're attempt at clarifying this issue is very well thought out, as usual 
when you write to the V2020 list.

But I have one question.  If this is already explained and I missed it, then 
point out where the info was offered that proves I missed the answer.  

Does the definition of a "commercial school" in the law include the 
qualification that the school must be run for "profit" in the definition?  If you ran a 
school for truck drivers to train them to drive tractor/trailer semis, and 
placed the graduates in jobs with trucking companies, but the school was ran as 
a nonprofit, I guess according to your interpretation of the law it would not 
be a "commercial" school, and would not be allowed in the business zone in 
question, despite the clear cut goals of training workers to work in a specific 
for profit "commercial" enterprise.

I understand the property tax exemption law uses the concept of profit and 
nonprofit as critical to applying this law, but the definition of a "commercial" 
school that you quoted did not contain the word "profit."  It seems possible 
that a school could qualify for a property tax exemption as a nonprofit 
religious institution, yet due to other factors regarding course offerings and 
schooling in certain trades, be considered a "commercial" school, unless the 
definition of a "commercial" school in the law hinges essentially on the profit or 
nonprofit question.

Tell me why what I am suggesting is wrong, because I suspect I am way off the 
mark.

Ted Moffett

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