Paye v. City of Grosse Pointe

Leave was granted to appeal from an order of the Wayne circuit court denying appellants’ petition for writ of mandamus to direct defendants to issue a building permit.

Decision in this case depends upon the meaning of the words “structurally altered or enlarged” as .embodied in the text of paragraph (A) of section ,3 of the zoning ordinance of the city of Grosse Pointe, adopted October 28, 1027. The paragraph in question reads as follows:

“Except as hereinafter provided, no building or premises or part thereof shall be used, altered, constructed or reconstructed except in conformity with the…