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but let's say his property was entirely within building code compliance
would you still believe it right to disallow his Bible study groups because of the crowd of cars and people it attracted to the community?
Maybe. It really depends on the specifics of the situation, which I don't know. How many people were coming over for these bible study sessions three times a week? 10? 50? If it was enough that it was interfering with the ability of people to utilize street parking near their homes, then yes, I'd probably say don't allow it. However, I'd say the same thing regardless of the reason that people were coming over.
There's a difference between buying a home next to a church, which you would know up front is going to have a crowd of people on certain days at certain times, and your neighbor turning his home into a church. That's why zoning laws exist.