Northville Township v. Coyne

Pierson Memorial Trust appeals as of right from an order of the Wayne Circuit Court denying its motion for summary disposition, granting plaintiffs motion for summary disposition and requiring the removal of a barn erected on its property because the structure constitutes a nuisance per se, its construction being in violation of plaintiffs zoning and building ordinances. We reverse and remand.

Pierson owns a parcel of farmland situated in plaintiff township. The land had been used for the commercial production of agricultural products since at least the early 1970s. This use conforms with the…