City of Essexville v. Carrollton Concrete Mix, Inc

Plaintiff, the city of Essexville, appeals as of right from the final order entered by the trial court in favor of defendant, Carrollton Concrete Mix, Inc. The final order embodied the trial court’s con elusion that the city had engaged in illegal “spot zoning” when, in 1983, it rezoned Carrollton’s property along the Saginaw River from M-l, industrial, to D-l, development district. The city argues on appeal that it had a reasonable basis for the rezoning, that the zoning decision was made pursuant to its master plan, and that its decision was not arbitrary. We agree, in part, and we reverse…