Addison Township v. Gout

We are called upon to interpret a passage from the Township Rural Zoning Act (trza).1 Specifically, we must determine whether the activities that form the basis of the dispute between these parties fall within the exclusive jurisdiction that the trza vests in the Supervisor of Wells.2 The trial court and the Court of Appeals have agreed with the defendants’ expansive view of that exclusive jurisdiction, but we believe that the Legislature has drawn the exclusive jurisdiction more narrowly. Accordingly, we reverse in part the judgments entered below.

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