Wyoming, MI Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)

Wyoming's property-blight enforcement is anchored in three local code chapters and one state statute. Locally, Chapter 10 (Buildings and Building Regulations) adopts the International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC) as the City's exterior- and interior-condition standard, including standards for sanitation, exterior structure (foundations, roofs, walls, windows, doors), and accessory structures. Chapter 30 (Environment) covers nuisances, refuse accumulation, and related sanitation conditions. Chapter 82 (Trees and Weeds) reaches overgrown vegetation, dead trees, and weed/grass-height violations. The City's mowing ordinance sets specific limits: developed residential not to exceed 6 inches, undeveloped residential not to exceed 8 inches, business/industrial not to exceed 6 inches, and agricultural not to exceed 12 inches. The state-law chassis is the Michigan Home Rule City Act at MCL 117.4l (general blight authority) and MCL 117.4q (administrative hearings bureau authority for cities of 7,500 or more population - Wyoming, MI has roughly 77,000 residents and qualifies). Day-to-day inspection is handled by Building Inspections within the Community & Economic Development Department; the City's Code Enforcement Officers conduct exterior inspections, issue compliance notices, and refer noncompliance to civil-infraction ticketing. Tickets are returnable to 62A District Court (which serves Wyoming and Kentwood). For severely deteriorated and unsafe structures, the City uses the Dangerous Buildings procedure under MCL 125.539 et seq. (the state's dangerous-building hearing process) to compel repair or demolition. Costs of abatement (board-up, demolition, weed cutting) are recoverable as a special assessment lien on the property under the Home Rule City Act and the General Property Tax Act.