A farmer in Ingham County is one step closer to his dream of building a barn after a judge granted a preliminary injunction against a construction moratorium imposed by Alaeidon Township.
Township officials debated how to stop construction of a farmer’s barn, then passed a nine-month moratorium on all new farm structures days after a zoning appeals panel backed the project, according to internal emails Michigan Capitol Confidential obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
But Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Morgan E. Cole has issued an injunction to prevent the moratorium from continued effect while the issue is decided by the court…