Rottman v. Township of Waterford

Plaintiffs filed complaint for a writ of mandamus to compel defendants to issue a building permit in relation to the establishment of a trailer coach park on land in section 20 of said township. Defendants answered and pleaded as an affirmative defense that the zoning designation applicable to the land involved is a reasonable exercise of the police power and is constitutional. (Such designation was the basis for the denial of the build ing permit.) At the conclusion of trial and after viewing the premises, the trial judge denied the writ and plaintiffs appeal.

The township adopted a zoning…