Brittany Park Apartments v. Harrison Charter Township

The dispute in this case requires us to examine the constitutionality of Harrison Township Ordinance No. 100 which establishes inter alia the rate structure for the municipality’s water and sewage system. Leave to appeal was granted limited to:(1) whether defendant’s rate structure charging a base rate per residential unit denies plaintiff apartment complexes equal protection of law; and(2) whether defendant’s rate ordinance which limits no charges for periods of vacancy to units served by separate meters denies plaintiffs equal protection of law.[ 1 ] [430 Mich 891 (1988).]

We hold that the…