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How to Fight City Hall, Part III

A resident can challenge adverse zoning amendments by demanding that the change be ratified by a referendum if sufficient signatures can be obtained on a petition. A resident has a remedy if a municipality implements a...more

How to Fight City Hall, Part II

To the extent that an ordinance in ambiguous, it must be interpreted in favor of the property owner. I recently overturned an adverse decision against a client by the Webster Township Zoning Board of Appeals. In that...more

How to Fight City Hall, Part I

A city ordinance cannot give the city powers beyond those delegated to it by its citizens in its charter. I recently obtained an injunction against the City of Royal Oak preventing it from compelling property owners to pay...more

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