Greater Cincinnati Marine Service, Inc. v. City of Ludlow

STEPHENS, Justice.

The central issue in this ease is whether the trial court correctly determined that erection of certain improvements on a tract of land was within the parameters of a nonconforming use permit.

In early 1971, the movant, Greater Cincinnati Marine Service, Inc., (hereinafter referred to as Marine), purchased land on the bank of the Ohio River in Ludlow. In March of 1971, Ludlow adopted its present zoning ordinance and soon after Marine was granted a certificate of occupancy for a lawful nonconforming use of the property. The certificate was for “dumping dirt for land fill for…