Benjamin v. City of West Lafayette

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

Appellant-defendant, Mark E. Benjamin appeals the trial court’s judgment entered in favor of the City of West Lafayette (the City) for violating certain provisions of the City’s zoning ordinance which permitted no more than three unrelated adults to live in a single-family residence. While Benjamin presents numerous issues on appeal, we have consolidated them as follows: 1) whether the judgment was erroneous because the City failed to exhaust administrative remedies set forth in the zoning statutes prior to commencing the litigation in the trial court; 2) whether the…