Patchak v. Township of Lansing

Once again we are cast in the role of a glorified zoning board. Defendant city of Lansing has appealed from a decree of the Ingham county circuit court, in chancery, in which the court held that ordinance No 8 of the township of Lansing- as applied to plaintiffs’ 15 acres was void; that the action of the township board in refusing to rezone the 15 acres was arbitrary, capricious, and confiscatory; that the reasonable and proper use of the property was for a trailer camp park; and that the entire 15 acres could be developed and modernized as such, continuing its nonconforming use subject to…