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· 10/8/1997

Jott, Inc v. Clinton Charter Township

Citations

  • 569 N.W.2d 841
  • 224 Mich. App. 513

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that invalid portions of an ordinance should be severed when “the remaining, valid portions are sufficiently independent and complete” and consistent with the intent of the ordinance
  • rejecting ripeness objections and considering constitutional challenges to disputed ordinance, including preemption
  • “exhaustion of [administrative] remedies requirement does not apply to a facial challenge to a zoning ordinance”
  • “A facial challenge is one that attacks the very existence or enactment of the ordinance; it alleges that the mere existence and threatened enforcement of the ordinance adversely affects all property regulated in the market as opposed to a particular parcel.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Doctoroff, Corrigan, Danhof

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