Judge Robert Corlew III ruled that construction must cease because not enough notice was given about May 2010 public meeting. According to wsmv.com Judge Corlew ruled in favor of Kevin Fisher and other Rutherford County residents who sued claiming adequate notice wasn’t given when the site plan was approved for the new Islamic center.”Action of the Rutherford Regional Planning Commission is declared to be void,” Corlew concluded. “There was insufficient notice for the public meeting held on May 24, 2010. Under the terms of the law, then, the decisions reached at that meeting are void ab initio.”
Corlew notes that his opinion does not prevent the Rutherford County Planning Commission from reconsidering the issue and approving the mosque site plan again. Construction of the mosque is well under way.
