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Saundra:<BR>
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You're attempt at clarifying this issue is very well thought out, as usual when you write to the V2020 list.<BR>
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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. <BR>
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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.<BR>
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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.<BR>
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Tell me why what I am suggesting is wrong, because I suspect I am way off the mark.<BR>
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Ted Moffett<BR>
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