Cook Road Investments, L.L.C. v. Board of Cuyahoga County Commissioners

Colleen Conway Cooney, Judge.

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, Cook Road Investments, LLC (“Cook”), appeals a judgment in favor of defendant-appellee, Cuyahoga Board of County Commissioners, declaring that the county’s sanitary-connection fees charged to Cook’s property were constitutional. We find merit to the appeal and reverse.

{¶ 2} This case arises from Cook’s development of two parcels of land consisting of 14 acres on the north side of Cook Road in Olmsted Township. Cook purchased the property in the spring of 2004 intending to build a 120-unit senior apartment complex, The Arbors.

{¶ 3} The…