Township of West Bloomfield v. Chapman

The opinion of the chancellor below follows:

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This is an action brought by the township of West Bloomfield, to restrain the defendant, William C. Chapman, from operating a manufacturing business (machine shop) in a residential zone in violation of a township zoning ordinance.

The defendant herein, William Chapman, is the owner of a 13-acre parcel of land, with a dwelling and buildings thereon, in section 19 of West Bloomfield township. Exhibit 5 is a zoning map and the zoning ordinance here involved. Defendant’s property has a frontage of some 300 feet on the Pontiac Trail and extends back…