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7,,m. <br /> <br />March 10, 2005 --Page 3 <br /> <br /> Enforcement-- Com~anYvi~te{._] Zo)~g ordinance for over 40 years <br /> Claim, city cannot no~ h°~:W'tO~O~?g res~aons <br /> Citation: Belich , Ci~of Ol~ed Fq~s, Court of Appeals of Ohio, 8th App. <br /> Dist., cuyah°ga Cou~O, N0}} ~37¢~84807 ;2005) <br /> OHIO (01/20/05) --: G~eat~L~{s::;$~hng Ltd. manuhcmred concrete on its <br /> property. ~e pred%e~or}to,0r[i~L~es began concrete operations in 1957. <br /> At that time, the effective :Z°~.~ , -~.,- ;.....,~d~ance specifically prohbited the m~u- <br /> cement, ~0:,iPl~t~,;~r_;~m~qsml~ material. At no amc s~ce 1953 <br /> hcture <br /> was Great Laes' u~ ~} i~ ~r~i&~a:'~!~y pea,ed use. ' <br /> h 2002, me city o~$1~t~d ~: ~i~d Great L~es for violat~g the zo~ng <br /> ordinance. ~though~at L~e} (pp~{d for a condmonal~use pemt, the per- <br /> mt was denied. ;* : ~ ~'. ~ , i ' <br /> Great Lakes sued, ~d;**.cd~ ~¢d in hvor of the <br /> 'Great Lakes ap~fl~d,: =iai~mi~i~ coUld not now enforce me Zoning <br /> over ,u~ye~s~o,;~pr~mmtea use. . <br /> <br /> A municipaaty w~not pr,~&ad ~m eMorcing a zo~ng regulation due to <br /> a failure of a municip~ o~{eUto~ 0~j~ct mely to a violation of the zoning <br /> regulation. · ~ ~ .: '; '{ .; <br />Generally, l~al go~e~enB c~ul~not be prevented from eMorcing a zon- <br />ing regulation. ~po~nt!Y,; ~e~e~{no balancing of h~dshps b~ed on a <br />tong-tern il~gal use: ~m~is~,;~ai ~oUld encourage zodng violations by <br />holding out ~e prosP~ use into a legal One by deUberate <br />but long und~scovere~i~lre~n~.i <br /> <br /> ~elevant to .~hetherii~Could.~t0~p;k-:~w. - ' . . <br />see also: Westchester ~ow~ip ~4~in~ V. Fromm, 762 N.E. 2d 400 C2oo ). <br /> <br />Equal ProteCtion ~ ~Ch~sg~ q'~n~uomly deffi~ <br />Church c&i~ den~ v*~,d;**~ltpro.caon ~gh~ <br />Cuation: The Cathedral Churc~:o~ ~ntercessor v. The Incorporated ~llage <br />of Malverne, QS. Distract Cau~forth~ Eastern Dtstnct of New York, No. CV <br /> <br />S~W ~0~[ (1/25/05~-- ~e ~e~al Church o[ the Intercessor w~ a not- <br />for-profit re~gious c°~o~afi°n ~6~*e~ in a residential zone in the vffiage of <br />Matverne. :~ ' ~:: :~ <br />As a result of the Church~s.~ow~i it sub~tted plans to the village for a <br />5,700-square-foot exp~Sion.~O0 J~ne ~9, 1998, the arcNtectural reVie~ bo~d <br /> . ~ ~ ~: ~; ,,~ . . . <br />(A~) held a he~mg0~ the ehuye~ is apPhcat~on; however, the ~ allegedly <br />failed to render a timel~ decisi0~..:(.~ ; ~ ' <br /> <br />~ 2005 Guinlan ~u~li~$n{ ~0~, ~n~5 r*~O~i{nlis-~o~i~il~. For mom inlormalion ~loas~ call {~17) 54~-0~. <br /> i::~ ~, <br /> <br />149 <br /> <br /> <br />