Macomb County government sets no residential grass-height limit. In Michigan, tall-grass and lawn-maintenance rules are set and enforced by your city, village, or township (charter or general-law township) through local property-maintenance or blight ordinances, not by the County.
There is no countywide Macomb County ordinance capping residential grass height. Under Michigan's home-rule structure, property-maintenance standards are a local matter: each of Macomb County's cities, villages, and townships (for example Warren, Sterling Heights, Clinton Township, Macomb Township) adopts its own tall-grass, weed, and blight ordinance and enforces it through its own ordinance officer. Typical local caps run 6 to 12 inches, but the exact height, notice, and cure period are defined by that municipality. The County's role is limited to shared services such as the Public Works Office (drains, stormwater, soil erosion), county parks, and MSU Extension; it does not regulate lawn height. Michigan's separate noxious-weed statute (MCL 247.61 et seq.) authorizes townships, villages, and cities, not the County,
Enforcement, notice, and fines for overgrown grass are handled by your city, village, or township, typically as a municipal civil infraction. A local ordinance officer inspects, mails or posts a notice, gives a short cure window (often 5 to 10
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