Kent County, Michigan sets no countywide vacant-lot maintenance ordinance. Duties to mow, clear debris, and control weeds on empty parcels come from your municipality's code and Michigan's noxious weed law, enforced by the local or county weed commissioner.
There is no Kent County ordinance governing the upkeep of vacant lots inside a city, village, or township. Local ordinances set the standards for grass height, debris, and dumping on empty parcels. Statewide, Michigan's Noxious Weed Act (Act 359 of 1941) requires owners and occupants to destroy listed noxious weeds; MCL 247.62 defines the covered weeds and the act authorizes a commissioner of noxious weeds to enforce cutting. For most maintenance issues on a vacant lot, the effective authority is the municipal property-maintenance code, so contact your city or township code office to report an unmaintained parcel.
Municipal ordinances allow fines and municipal abatement (with costs charged to the owner); the noxious weed commissioner may cut weeds and assess the cost to the owner's taxes.
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