Tini Bikinis-Saginaw, LLC v. Saginaw Charter Township

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS AND FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS

THOMAS L. LUDINGTON, District Judge.

This dispute arises out of the planned opening of a bikini bar. The case began after a company that wishes to open an establishment named “Tini Bikinis” was denied a liquor license by a municipality because, the municipality concluded, the establishment did not comply with the zoning ordinance prohibiting “adult related” businesses within one thousand feet of property zoned for residential, educational, and religious purposes. The company,…