Robinson Township v. Ottawa County Board of Road Commissioners

Which unit of government has the authority to regulate truck traffic within a township’s boundaries, the township or the board of county road commissioners? On March 27, 1979, the trial court held that a township may enact a truck route ordinance without the consent of the board of county road commissioners (BCRC), but that the commissioners could withhold their consent if the ordinance was unreasonable. On November 19, 1980, following an evidentiary trial on the merits, the trial court found the proposed ordinance to be reasonable. From both decisions and judgments entered in accordance…