Bell River Associates v. China Charter Township

In this zoning action, plaintiff appeals by right the circuit court judgment denying rezoning of plaintiffs property from agricultural to multifamily housing. We affirm in part and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

i. underlying facts

In 1989, plaintiffs predecessor in interest, Sandstone Investment,* 1 initiated the purchase of approximately 292 acres of property in China Township, which currently has 2,500 residents. Although the property was zoned for agricultural use, Sandstone intended to develop about 150 acres of the property as a 454-unit mobile-home park,2 with a…