{"id":145,"date":"2001-05-11T14:47:34","date_gmt":"2001-05-11T14:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scenicmichigan.wpengine.com\/?p=145"},"modified":"2001-05-11T14:47:34","modified_gmt":"2001-05-11T14:47:34","slug":"michigan-supreme-court-unanimously-empowers-the-city-of-holland-to-ban-construction-of-new-billboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scenic.dorsay.io\/index.php\/2001\/05\/11\/michigan-supreme-court-unanimously-empowers-the-city-of-holland-to-ban-construction-of-new-billboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Supreme Court Unanimously Empowers the City of Holland to Ban Construction of New Billboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Issues:<\/strong>\u00a0Whether sections of city\u2019s zoning ordinance regarding signs were valid under the Michigan City and Village Zoning Act (CVZA); Home Rule Cities Act (HCRA) \u00a7\u00a7 41(c) and (f); Exclusionary zoning<\/p>\n<p><strong>Court<\/strong>:\u00a0Michigan Supreme Court<\/p>\n<p><strong>Case Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Adams Outdoor Advertising, Inc. v. City of Holland<\/p>\n<p><strong>e-Journal Number:\u00a0<\/strong>10112<\/p>\n<p><strong>Judge(s):\u00a0<\/strong>Kelly, Corrigan, Cavanagh, Taylor, Young, Jr., and Markman; Concurring in result only \u2013 Weaver<\/p>\n<p>Although the challenged sections of defendant-city\u2019s zoning ordinance limited the billboards within the city, they did not constitute an impermissible total prohibition of billboards and the trial court erred when it ruled that plaintiff met its burden to demonstrate exclusionary zoning under the CVZA.\u00a0Since defendant enacted the provisions under the CVZA as part of its zoning ordinances, the HRCA provision authorizing cities to regulate billboards in their charters did not need to be considered.\u00a0The court affirmed the Court of Appeals decision vacating the circuit court\u2019s injunction precluding enforcement of the challenged zoning ordinance provisions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michbar.org\/opinions\/supreme\/2001\/050101\/10112.pdf\">Read the full Opinion Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Issues:\u00a0Whether sections of city\u2019s zoning ordinance regarding signs were valid under the Michigan City and Village Zoning Act (CVZA); Home Rule Cities Act (HCRA) \u00a7\u00a7 41(c) and (f); Exclusionary zoning Court:\u00a0Michigan Supreme Court Case Name:\u00a0Adams Outdoor Advertising, Inc. v. 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