Flint, MI Property Maintenance: Vacant Lot Maintenance (2026)

The accumulation or growth, upon any property in the City, of weeds, grass, brush or other rank, noxious, poisonous or otherwise harmful vegetation to a height greater than eight inches, when the growth or accumulation occurs in any subdivision in which buildings have been erected on 60% of that land along improved public streets to a depth of 200 feet, or on land within 200 feet of any structure designed for human occupancy or use, is hereby determined to be detrimental to the health, comfort, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the City and is hereby deemed to be a nuisance. (Ord. 1756, passed 2-24-1964; Ord. 2989, passed 4-28-1986) § 39-43.1 NUISANCE PROHIBITED; REMOVAL.

(a)   No person having ownership or other interest in or control of lands shall permit the occurrence on such lands in the condition set forth in § 39-43 above. It shall be the duty of any such person to prevent the occurrence and to abate, destroy and/or remove the condition described in § 39-43 which has been identified as a nuisance.

(b)   For the purpose of this article, the property lying between the outermost edge of the street right-of-way and the street curb or the drainage course paralleling the street where there is no curb, shall be deemed to be the responsibility of the person responsible hereunder for the property abutting the street right-of-way, provided that the person shall not be responsible for dead, dangerous, diseased or insect-infected trees located on the right-of-way.