As of May 2026, the City of Wyoming, MI does NOT publish a citywide vacant-property registration ordinance. Vacant-lot conditions are controlled instead through the City's mowing/weeds rule (Chapter 82, Trees and Weeds), which sets maximum vegetation height at 6 inches for developed residential, 8 inches for undeveloped residential, 6 inches for business/industrial, and 12 inches for agricultural property. Nuisance accumulations of refuse, debris, and dead vegetation are reachable under Chapter 30 (Environment) and Chapter 10 (Buildings) via the locally-adopted International Property Maintenance Code. Tax-foreclosed parcels follow the Kent County Treasurer's tax-foreclosure pipeline under MCL 211.78.
Wyoming, MI does NOT operate a citywide vacant-property registration program - there is no published ordinance requiring registration of vacant residential or commercial buildings (unlike Southfield, East Lansing, Kalamazoo, Saginaw, and the Flint proposal). Vacant-lot conditions are policed primarily through three vectors. First, Chapter 82 of the Wyoming Code (Trees and Weeds) sets maximum vegetation height: 6 inches for developed residential, 8 inches for undeveloped residential (the category most relevant to vacant land), 6 inches for business/industrial, and 12 inches for agricultural property; exceedances are enforced by Code Enforcement Officers within Building Inspections, with civil-infraction tickets returnable to 62A District Court. Second, Chapter 30 (Environment) reaches accumulated refuse, debris, dead vegetation, and stagnant water on vacant land as nuisance conditions, with the same civil-infraction enforcement track. Third, Chapter 10 (Buildings and Building Regulations) adopts the International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC), which sets exterior-condition standards for any structures on the lot (sheds, fences, foundations) and requires the lot itself be free of weeds, debris, and rodent harborage. The Michigan Home Rule City Act backstop at MCL 117.4l (general blight authority) provides additional authority. The City may abate (cut weeds, remove debris) and recover the cost as a special-assessment lien on the parcel under the Home Rule City Act and the General Property Tax Act. Tax-foreclosed and tax-delinquent parcels in Wyoming flow through the Kent County Treasurer's office under the Michigan General Property Tax Act (MCL 211.78 et seq.); Kent County does NOT have a county land bank with active demolition operations on the scale of Wayne County or Genesee County. Vacant land in Wyoming is more commonly held for redevelopment than for demolition.
Vegetation exceeding the Chapter 82 mowing-height limits (6 inches developed residential, 8 inches undeveloped residential, 6 inches business/industrial, 12 inches agricultural) is a municipal civil infraction enforced by Code Enforcement Officers, returnable to 62A District Court at fines set by court schedule (commonly $100-$500 for first-tier violations, escalating for repeats). The City may mow the parcel and lien the cost to the property under the Home Rule City Act (MCL 117.4l) and the General Property Tax Act, with the lien collected as a special assessment on the tax roll. Accumulated refuse, debris, or junked-vehicle conditions on a vacant lot are enforceable under Chapter 30 (Environment) on the same civil-infraction track. Severely deteriorated structures move to the Dangerous Buildings procedure under MCL 125.539 et seq. with a hearing officer empowered to order demolition. There is no separate vacant-property registration fee in Wyoming because the City has not enacted that program; check the City Council agenda for any future adoption.
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