Art Van Furniture, Inc v. City of Kentwood

Plaintiffs appeal as of right from a circuit court order denying plaintiffs’ motion for summary disposition and granting summary disposition to defendant. Plaintiffs had appealed to the circuit court pursuant to MCL 125.585(11); MSA 5.2935(11) from the Kentwood Zoning Board of Appeals’ denial of plaintiffs’ request for a variance to install a 490-square-foot wall sign on its business building. On appeal, plaintiffs present several challenges to § 25.13(D)(2) of the City of Kentwood zoning ordinance. We conclude that this subsection, which prohibits a business from placing an identification…