MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS-VALIDITY OF "PIECEMEAL" ZONING AS APPLIED TO BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Authors

Robert J. Walsh S.Ed., University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow

Abstract

Shortly after plaintiff obtained a building permit and commenced work on the excavation for a laundry and dry-cleaning plant in an unzoned section of the City of Huntsville, the city adopted a new zoning ordinance which limited to residential uses an area of approximately two blocks in which plaintiff's property was situated. On appeal from a decree dismissing a bill to enjoin enforcement of the new zoning ordinance, held, reversed. Since the enabling statute required that zoning regulations should be adopted in accordance with a comprehensive plan, an ordinance which did not zone the whole municipality was void. Johnson v. City of Huntsville, ( Ala. 1947) 29 S. ( 2d) 342.

Recommended Citation

Robert J. Walsh S.Ed., MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS-VALIDITY OF "PIECEMEAL" ZONING AS APPLIED TO BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION, 46 Mich. L. Rev. 110 (1947).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol46/iss1/17