Krause v. City of Royal Oak

The city of Royal Oak appeals from a judgment restraining it from enforcing a zoning ordinance which places plaintiffs’ property in a one-family residential use classification. The judgment permits, plaintiffs to use their land for multiple-family residential purposes.

Plaintiffs’ property is located in the city of Royal Oak and consists of approximately 3.5 acres of land, which, for purposes of this opinion, can he described in terms of a geometrically imperfect right triangle. The Grand Trunk Western railroad, which is elevated and runs in a northwesterly and southeasterly direction, forms…