Legal Opinion
Risko v. Grand Haven Charter Township Zoning Board of Appeals
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided June 16, 2009No. Docket 282701PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, J.
Respondent, Grand Haven Charter Township Zoning Board of Appeals (the Board), appeals by leave granted the trial court’s order reversing the Board’s denial of petitioners’ application for a nonuse variance. We reverse.
Fetitioners seek to construct a single-family residence on a lot in Grand Haven Charter Township (the Township). The Township zoning ordinance at issue requires a 50-foot setback. The lot is zoned R-l residential, is 2.46 acres in size, and is 525 feet wide and 189.25 feet deep. However, it is located in a “critical dune zone” and only a portion of it is actually buildable.…
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