Court Opinion

ID: 9740718
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 20:40:46.926261+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:19.962373
License: Public Domain

Gillis, P.J.
(concurring in part and dissenting in part). I agree that a zoning administrator’s decision regarding zoning enforcement is reviewable by the zoning board of appeals. MCL 125.585(3); MSA 5.2935(3). Further, I believe that the decision of the zoning administrator must first be reviewed by the zoning board of appeals before circuit court review is proper. MCL 125.585(11); MSA 5.2935(11). In this case, plaintiff did not seek review of the zoning administrator’s decision with the zoning board of appeals, and, therefore, the circuit court was without authority to order defendant to hold a hearing on plaintiff’s request that the third-party landowner be enjoined from using his land in a particular manner.
I would affirm the trial court’s order granting defendant’s motion for summary disposition. However, I would reverse that part of the trial court’s order that instructs defendant to conduct a hearing on plaintiff’s claims because the court was without authority to enter such an order.