Deltowne Housing Corp. v. City of Escanaba

The instant appeal concerns the constitutionality of use restrictions placed upon plaintiffs’ property within the City of Escanaba. After a close scrutinization of the record de novo,1 this Court is convinced defendant acted unreasonably in rejecting plaintiffs’ proposed use of their property for multiple residential dwelling construction, as a planned-unit development district.

Plaintiff, Deltowne Housing Corporation, is a nonprofit entity organized to provide citizens of the community with adequate housing via low interest mortgage monies provided through the Michigan Housing Development…