Bowman v. City of Southfield

Smith, J.,

(for reversal). Plaintiff sought and obtained judgment against defendant city and its officials declaring a zoning ordinance void and unenforceable, insofar as applied to plaintiff’s property. Defendants appeal.

In 1959, the city adopted an ordinance which zoned plaintiff’s property residential. Although the property is located in a residential area, plaintiff has used the property for commercial purposes since 194:1.* Because of commercial use prior to enactment of the zoning ordinance, plaintiff acquired a nonconforming use which, of course, permits plaintiff to continue using the…