Weed abatement in Michigan is a township/city/village power, not a county one. Under the state Noxious Weeds Act (MCL 247.61 et seq.), a municipality (not Macomb County) may appoint a weed commissioner, order owners to destroy listed weeds, abate them, and place a lien for the cost on the land.
Michigan's Noxious Weeds Act, Act 359 of 1941 (MCL 247.61 to 247.72), places weed control with local government. MCL 247.61 lets 'the governing body of any city, village or township' appoint a commissioner of noxious weeds. MCL 247.64 requires the owner of land where noxious weeds grow to destroy them before seeding; the commissioner must notify the owner by certified mail, and if the owner refuses, 'the commissioner shall enter upon the land and destroy the noxious weeds,' with expenses becoming a lien. Listed noxious weeds include Canada thistle, wild carrot, bindweed, giant hogweed, ragweed, poison ivy, and poison sumac (MCL 247.62). Macomb County government does not run a residential weed-abatement program; that authority sits with each city, village, and
Under MCL 247.64(3), 'An owner who refuses to destroy noxious weeds as provided in this section is subject to a fine of not more than $100.00,' paid into the local noxious-weed control fund; a municipality may instead designate the refusal
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