Bruni v. City of Farmington Hills

Plaintiffs appeal as of right from the trial court’s order dismissing their complaint, which order in effect upheld the zoning classification pertaining to plaintiffs’ property.

Plaintiffs’ property is zoned RA-1, or low density residential. Under the Farmington Hills zoning ordinance, a district zoned RA-1 may be developed for one-family cluster residences. Cluster dwellings enable land owners to build a number of residences close together on that portion of their land that is suited for construction, and thus to avoid the prohibitive costs of developing that portion of their land unsuited…