Belkin v. City of Birmingham

The defendant, City of Birmingham, appeals from a November 8, 1977, judgment, entered in Oakland County Circuit Court, enjoining the city from enforcing the terms of the existing R-6 multiple dwelling zoning classification against the plaintiffs’ 1/3-acre parcel of real property. The judgment further ordered that the plaintiffs be permitted to develop the said lot in accordance with the city’s B-3 office and commercial use zoning classification and that the plaintiffs’ property be exempted from the off-street parking provisions of defendant’s ordinance.

The evidence taken at trial indicates…