Burger King Corp. v. City of Detroit

Plaintiff Burger King Corporation 1 applied with the Department of Building and Safety Engineering of the City of Detroit requesting permission to construct a restaurant at Grand River and Forrer Avenues in the defendant city. The department, having decided that the proposed business constituted a drive-in restaurant, 2 a use permitted only with approval, referred the matter to the city plan commission for the public hearing and findings 3 which are required by the zoning ordinance governing the subject parcel. 4 Plaintiff’s request was denied by the city plan commission, whereupon a…