Adams Outdoor Advertising v. East Lansing

In the instant case, we granted leave to appeal to consider the single issue whether the City of East Lansing has the statutory authority to enact and enforce its sign ordinance that eliminates nonconforming billboards and signs over a *212reasonable period of time.1 The trial court granted plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary disposition, reasoning that the city did not have the statutory authority to eliminate existing signs without compensating sign owners. The Court of Appeals affirmed.2

On appeal, the city argues that MCL 117.4i(5); MSA 5.2082(5) gives it the statutory authority to forcibly…