Lake Angelo Associates v. Township of White Lake

Plaintiff appeals as of right the order granting defendant’s motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(0(10) in this land use action. On appeal, plaintiff asserts that this action was sufficiently ripe to allow the trial court to adjudicate the merits. We affirm.

FACTS

Plaintiff owns eighty acres of land in White Lake Township that was formerly a sand and gravel mine. The mine was abandoned in the early 1960s and since then has been used by trespassers for dumping and off-road activities. Plaintiff acquired the property in 1979 with the expectation of developing the parcel into a…