Grabow v. MacOmb Township

FER CURIAM.

Flaintiffs appeal by leave granted the circuit court’s denial of a motion for mandamus to compel defendant’s clerk to submit Mark Grabow’s application for a use variance to defendant’s zoning board of appeals. We reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

I. BASIC FACTS AND PROCEDURE

Flaintiffs Simonne L. Grabow and Mark H. Grabow are mother and son who own adjacent properties in Macomb Township along 25 Mile Road. Mark Grabow operates Brentwood Limousine, Inc., both from his property and from a pole barn located on his mother’s property. In January,…