Oesterle v. City of Mason

Petitioners appeal as of right from an order granting respondent’s motion for partial summary disposition. We reverse.

Petitioners, Lyle and June Oesterle, own a parcel of land in Mason. The land is registered under a farmland development rights agreement as provided by the Farmland and Open Space Preservation Act, MCL 554.701 et seq.; MSA 26.1287(1) et seq. There is no residence or nonfarm structure on the registered land. On June 4, 1990, respondent confirmed a special assessment for curb and gutter, storm sewer, and street improvements along an existing roadway that abuts petitioners’…