Jaylin Investments, Inc. v. Village of Moreland Hills

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from an action seeking a declaratory judgment that a zoning ordinance, as applied to a landowner’s proposed use of property, is unconstitutional. Specifically, the question before us involves the extent to which a court’s analysis must focus on the owner’s proposed use of the property that is prohibited by the zoning regulation.

{¶ 2} We hold that, in a constitutional analysis, the object of scrutiny is the government’s action; therefore, the state or local law or regulation is the focal point of the analysis, not the property owner’s proposed use. In an “as applied”…