Wyoming, MI Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)
Key Facts
- Dangerous-structure standard
- 13 defect criteria, WPMC § 111.1.5
- Demolition trigger
- Repair cost exceeds 50% market value
- First-offense fine
- $250 civil infraction
- Subsequent-offense fine
- $2,500 per WPMC § 109.1
- Enforcing agency
- Dept. of Community & Economic Development
- Appeal deadline
- 21 days to Construction Board of Appeals
Summary
Wyoming, Michigan's property maintenance code lists specific defects, from collapse risk to occupation by trespassers or drug activity, that make a structure or premises legally "dangerous" and subject to a code official's abatement order. Owners face repair or demolition, plus municipal civil infraction fines running as high as $2,500, under WPMC Secs. 111.1.5 and 109.1.
Any structure or a premise that has any or all of the conditions or defects described below shall be considered dangerous: ... (c)Any portion of a building, structure or appurtenance that has been damaged by fire, earthquake, wind, flood, deterioration, neglect, abandonment, vandalism or by any other cause to such an extent that it is likely to partially or completely collapse, or to become detached or dislodged. ... (g)The building or structure is neglected, damaged, dilapidated, unsecured or abandoned so as to become an attractive nuisance to children who might play in the building or structure to their danger, is used by persons for consuming alcohol or using illicit drugs, is occupied by persons without the owner's permission, or is a site on which or from which nuisance or criminal activities occur.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 26 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
The Wyoming Property Maintenance Code, adopted and amended in Code of Ordinances Sec. 10-179, sets out 13 conditions in Sec. 5 that classify a structure or premises as dangerous, covering collapse-prone fire, storm or vandalism damage; structural members that can't bear normal loads; unsafe egress; and a building "neglected, damaged, dilapidated, unsecured or abandoned so as to become an attractive nuisance to children," used for drug or alcohol activity, or occupied without the owner's permission. A related "blighted property" definition added to WPMC Sec. 202 covers tax-reverted parcels, land-bank property, improved real property left vacant and unmaintained for five straight years, and premises with severe WPMC violations left uncorrected six months after notice.
Once a structure is found dangerous, Sec. 9 requires the owner to restore it to code or demolish it; if the code official and city assessor jointly find that repair costs exceed 50 percent of the structure's true cash market value, restoration is barred and demolition is mandatory unless the building is historic. The code official, housed in the Department of Community and Economic Development under Sec. 1, issues a written notice of violation under Sec. 3 with a correction deadline of up to 90 days, or an immediate vacate order where conditions pose an imminent threat. Owners can appeal any order to the Construction Board of Appeals within 21 days under Sec. 107.
Violations & Fines
A WPMC violation for a dangerous structure is a municipal civil infraction: $250 for a first offense, $500 for a second, and $2,500 for any offense after that, under Sec. 109.1, with each day of continued violation counted separately. The city can also seek a court order forcing repairs or demolition, bill the owner for the cost, and record the unpaid amount as a lien against the property under Sec. 109.2.
Frequently Asked Questions
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