Green v. Lima Township

Plaintiffs Edward, Emily and Gail Green brought this action challenging the validity of defendant’s 1 1966 zoning ordinance which rezoned plaintiffs’ land agricultural, and defendant’s subsequent refusal to again rezone it to permit the construction of a mobile-home park. The trial judge sitting as trier of fact held that the 1966 agricultural classification and defendant’s subsequent refusal to rezone plaintiffs’ land was a valid exercise of the township’s police power. Plaintiffs appeal as of right.

Plaintiffs’ land in question consists of 63 acres of vacant land located in Lima Township.…