Court Opinion

ID: 9735785
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 18:30:48.391543+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:27:01.558851
License: Public Domain

Boyle, J.
(concurring in part and dissenting in part). I concur with the result reached by the majority and the reading of clause (b) of § 255b(2) of the Subdivision Control Act, MCL 560.255b; MSA 26.430(255b), as applicable only to a plat recorded on or after December 22, 1978, the effective date of the 1978 amendment, and clause (a) as applicable to all plats recorded before that date, where the dedication was withdrawn by the plat proprietor before the effective date of this act and before acceptance.
I write because I do not agree with the majority that an owner of property adjoining land that has been dedicated in a plat for public use may withdraw, after a reasonable time has elapsed for acceptance, an unaccepted offer of dedication without recording notice of the withdrawal at any time after December 22, 1978, under clause (a).
The Legislature clearly indicated its intent that by virtue of § 255b(2)(b), after 1978, notice of withdrawal must be recorded within ten years after the date the plat of the land was first recorded and before acceptance in order to be effective. I believe that the very purpose of the amendment was to establish property rights in this type of situation without the involvement of the courts and within a reasonable time period. Thus, I disagree with the majority that a property owner can withdraw a dedication pursuant to clause (a) after 1978.
Riley, C.J., concurred with Boyle, J.