May the bells toll . . . in Phoenix?

Land Use Prof Blog: “There seems to be a big church-state land use battle brewing in Arizona . . . the Alliance Defense Fund, argued in U.S. District Court that the Phoenix noise ordinance is overly vague and unconstitutional . . . Is the ordinance unconstitutionally vague? Does targeting church bells infringe on First Amendment free exercise, or RLUIPA? It’s a generally-applicable rule, but the text certainly gives a wide berth of discretion to local government officials to make enforcement decisions under the ‘reasonableness’ standard.”