Gordon v. City of Warren Planning & Urban Renewal Commission

The plaintiffs owned a 15-1/2 acre site upon which they desired to construct low-rise multiple dwellings. They submitted a site plan to the defendant City of Warren Planning and Urban Renewal Commission and, when that body failed to approve the plan, commenced this action. At the conclusion of a hearing the trial judge indicated that he would probably grant the plaintiffs relief, but suggested that the parties attempt to relocate some of the proposed buildings outside the path of a proposed widening of Mound Road, which abuts the easterly boundary of the site.

The parties entered into an…