Clinton Township, MI Code Violation Reporting: Response Times (2026)
Key Facts
- Notice compliance window
- Up to 15 days from service
- Board hearing deadline
- Set within 10 days of filing
- Compliance after Board order
- 3 days before Township acts
- Unpaid cost deadline
- 30 days before it hits the tax roll
- Service method
- Personal service or first-class mail
Summary
Once Clinton Township's Enforcement Official confirms a nuisance, the written notice must give the property owner up to fifteen days to fix it. If the owner ignores the notice, the Township Board must schedule a hearing within ten days, and if the Board's abatement order still isn't followed within three days, the Township steps in and bills the owner.
(2) Content. The notice shall describe in detail the location and nature of the nuisance and the corrective action to be taken to abate it. The notice shall specify a time limit for compliance with the order to abate such nuisance, which shall be a reasonable time, but not to exceed fifteen days from the time the notice is served. ... The Township Board shall fix a date for a hearing, which date shall not be later than ten days from the date the findings and order are filed with the Township Board... 654.07(a) If the person responsible for the creation, commission or maintenance of the nuisance does not comply with the order for abatement of the nuisance issued by the Township Board, within three days of its issuance, the Township Board shall forthwith direct the appropriate Township officer to remedy the condition which is the subject of such notice.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-25: Local legislation current through May 26, 2026).
Full Breakdown
05's inspection authority. 06(b), the Official issues a written notice describing the nuisance's location and nature and the corrective action required, served personally or by first-class mail; the notice must give a reasonable compliance window that cannot exceed fifteen days from service. 06(c) requires the Enforcement Official to file findings with the Township Board, which must set a hearing date no later than ten days after the filing; at that hearing the responsible party gets a chance to show cause before the Board approves, disapproves or modifies the abatement order.
07(a) gives the responsible party three days from the Board's order to comply before the Township directs its own officer to remedy the condition. 07(c) requires notice of that cost by first-class mail with thirty days to pay before it is added to the next tax roll. 07(d).
Violations & Fines
Missing any deadline escalates the case: ignoring the fifteen-day notice sends the file to the Township Board for a hearing within ten days, and ignoring the Board's order for three days lets Township crews fix the condition and lien the property for the cost plus administrative expenses, collected with the next tax bill if unpaid within thirty days.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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