Court Opinion

ID: 9726431
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 12:48:32.04277+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:26.996855
License: Public Domain

J. H. Gillis, P. J.
(dissenting). As a general rule a city cannot be estopped from enforcing its own zoning ordinances. In Michigan the exceptions to this general rule have occurred in those instances where a municipality erroneously issued a permit which it later attempted to rescind. See Fass v. City of Highland Park (1949), 326 Mich 19, and Township of Pittsfield v. Malcolm (1965), 375 Mich 135. Here plaintiff purchased the property in question with notice of the nonconforming use. His notice was constructive in that the zoning ordinance clearly spelled out the requirements. Unlike the *567exceptions referred to in the Fass and Pittsfield cases, defendant township did not issue a building permit.
I would affirm the trial court.