State ex rel. Pitstick v. Hastings

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 5093

Syllabus

Trial court did not violate homeowners' procedural due process rights despite failing to establish case schedule and providing compressed timeline for final hearing on zoning violation claims and counterclaims. Scheduling irregularities constituted harmless error where homeowners received adequate notice and meaningful opportunity to be heard on straightforward factual issues within their direct knowledge. Trial court did not err in denying summary judgment based on law-of-the-case doctrine where preliminary-injunction denial did not preclude permanent-injunction proceedings with additional evidence. Trial court had jurisdiction to determine zoning violations without requiring municipality to first exhaust administrative remedies. Clear and convincing evidence supported finding that homeowners operated unpermitted home occupation by storing commercial concrete equipment and coordinating employee activities on residential property.