64 Ohio App. 3d 707 - Matthews v. Pernell’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
July 2004
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Whitehead v. General Telephone Co. · Pschesang v. Village of Terrace Park · Petti v. City of Richmond Heights
Most-quoted passages
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“uses which are unlawful or which constitute a public nuisance do not enjoy an exemption under [the grandfathering statute] and are subject to a properly adopted zoning code even though the use preceded the adoption of the code.... They are not entitled to nonconforming use protection because the law will not protect an illegal act. The due process considerations which ordinarily prohibit retroactive regulation do not apply in that event.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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