Kopietz v. Zoning Board of Appeals

Petitioners appeal as of right an order of the Oakland Circuit Court affirming a decision of the Zoning Board of Appeals for the City of the Village of Clarkston (zba) to deny petitioners’ request to change an existing funeral home into a bed and breakfast establishment. We reverse and remand.

This appeal is the second case involving petitioners and the City of the Village of Clarkston concerning the City of the Village of Clarkston Construction, Development, and Land Use Code (hereinafter the ordinance). Petitioners’ first petition involved structural alterations to the building in question.…