SQUARE LAKE CONDO. v. BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP

Docket No. 87631, (Calendar No. 10).

437 Mich. 310 (1991)

471 N.W.2d 321

SQUARE LAKE HILLS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION v. BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 11, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bodman, Longley & Dahling (by James J. Walsh and Martha B. Goodloe) for the plaintiff.

Kohl, Secrest, Wardle, Lynch, Clark & Hampton (by William P. Hampton and Gerald A. Fisher) for the defendant.

Amici Curiae:

Peterson, Hay & Comsa, P.C. (by Mark S. Mackley), for Harrison Charter Township.

Bauckham, Sparks, Rolfe & Thomsen, P.C. (by John H. Bauckham and Lynda E. Thomsen), for Michigan Townships Association.


RILEY, J.

The question before the Court is whether townships have the authority to regulate by ordinance boat docking and launching under the township ordinance act, MCL 41.181; MSA 5.45(1). We hold that townships have the authority to regulate boat docking and launching for the protection of the health, safety, and welfare of persons and property within their communities under the township ordinance act. Accordingly, we vacate the decision of the Court of Appeals...

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