Franklin Township v. Meadows

Dickinson, Judge.

Defendants Jerry and Velvet Meadows have appealed from a judgment of the Summit County Common Pleas Court that granted declaratory and injunctive relief to plaintiffs Franklin Township and the township’s zoning inspector, Mark Kochheiser. Defendants have argued that (1) the trial court incorrectly found their business not to be a public utility and, therefore, not exempt from township zoning regulations pursuant to R.C. 519.211(A), (2) the trial court incorrectly failed to apply the doctrine of estoppel against the township, and (3) the trial court incorrectly found Velvet…