Bonner v. City of Brighton

MARKEY, EJ.

Defendant-counterplaintiff, city of Brighton (the city), appeals by leave granted the trial court’s order granting partial summary disposition in favor of plaintiffs. The trial court determined that § 18-59 of the Brighton Code of Ordinances (BCO) violates substantive due process when it permits the city to have an unsafe structure demolished as a public nuisance, without providing the owner the option to repair it, if the structure is deemed unreasonable to repair, which is presumed when repair costs would exceed 100 percent of the structure’s true cash value as reflected in the…