Opinion ID: 2977832
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Composting Standards

Text: The district court found that Rondigo did not have a protected property interest in using its land for composting under the ordinance, because approval of composting activity is a matter of the discretion of the Planning Commission. As the district court noted, § 10.03K of the zoning ordinance states that composting facilities “may be permitted in Industrial districts only, subject to the issuance of a Special Land Use Permit and compliance with the following conditions and 16 standards.” ROA Vol. I at 508-09 (1990 Composting Ordinance). Rondigo’s brief, however, entirely ignores the requirement that Rondigo have a property interest in using its land for composting under the ordinance in order to state a due-process claim, arguing only that Casco’s amendment of the composting standards was arbitrary and capricious. Because a property interest is a necessary element of the claim, and Rondigo does not contest the district court’s finding that it had no cognizable property interest under the ordinance’s composting standards, we consider the issue waived and affirm the district court on this claim. See Golden v. Comm’r, 548 F.3d 487, 493 (6th Cir. 2008).