Legal Opinion
Silva v. Ada Township
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided August 27, 1980No. Docket 45531PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtD. F. Walsh, J.
Plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of the defendant township’s zoning deci sion which prohibited the excavation of gravel on agriculturally zoned land.
Plaintiffs own an 80-acre parcel of land, bordered by Three Mile Road and Pettis Road, in Ada Township, Kent County, Michigan. In accordance with the township’s Master Zoning Plan adopted in January, 1968, and reaffirmed in subsequent years, this land was classified as A-3 Agricultural. The permissible uses included, among others, general and specialized farming and single family residences. Its present use is divided, approximately…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Brae Burn, Inc. v. City of Bloomfield HillsMichigan Supreme Court · 1957
- Kropf v. City of Sterling HeightsMichigan Supreme Court · 1974
- Christine Building Co. v. City of TroyMichigan Supreme Court · 1962
- Kirk v. Tyrone TownshipMichigan Supreme Court · 1976
- City of North Muskegon v. MillerMichigan Supreme Court · 1929
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Kyser v. Kasson TwpMichigan Supreme Court · 2010
- Silva v. Ada TownshipMichigan Supreme Court · 1982
- People v. YeoMichigan Court of Appeals · 1981
- Compton Sand & Gravel Co v. Dryden TownshipMichigan Court of Appeals · 1983
- Committee for Sensible Land Use v. Garfield TownshipMichigan Court of Appeals · 1983
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