Neighbors oppose plan for religious building in Hollywood

Siobhan McLaughlin shows the signs she and some of her neighbors have placed in their front yards in Southlake Hollywood. They are fighting back against plans to tear down a house and replace it with a nonresidential religious building.

"This is a single-family home that the applicants are asking to be demolished and replaced with a non-residential building; the residents do not think it's appropriate," McLaughlin said.

Proposed building is a Jewish Mikvah

The proposed building is a Mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath used for spiritual cleansing. The design presented to the planning board shows a modern building with five parking spots in the back. Neighbors say this is not the place for it.

"When Joseph W Young established Hollywood, he made three distinct neighborhoods: residential, busine