CHICAGO — The city of Evanston, Ill., will pay $350,000 in damages to settle a long-running zoning dispute with one of the community’s largest churches. Since 1997, the 700-member Evanston Vineyard Church has sought zoning approval to hold worship services in a former office building it owns. But Evanston’s city code, while allowing membership organizations and cultural events, specifically prohibits…
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