Engel v. Crosby Township Board of Zoning Appeals

Sundermann, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} Tonya Engel appeals the trial court’s entry of judgment that affirmed a decision of the Crosby Township Board of Zoning Appeals (“the BZA”). We conclude that the township’s zoning resolution is not unconstitutional and that the trial court did not err as a matter of law when it affirmed the BZA’s decision.

I. Background

{¶ 2} Tonya Engel owns 162 acres of land in Crosby Township. The land is in an area zoned “G-Heavy Industrial District.” In April 2007, Steve Engel, Tonya’s husband, applied to Eric Espel, the Crosby Township Zoning Inspector, for a zoning…