Property Maintenance in Michigan (2026)

Michigan's blight law (MCL 117.4q) gives home rule cities authority to designate blight as a municipal civil…

Ann Arbor declares any building meeting its dangerous-building criteria a public nuisance that the owner must repair…

Battle Creek, Michigan treats a building as dangerous if it is likely to collapse, open to trespassers, unfit for…

Clinton Township's Dilapidated Buildings chapter requires owners to repair, rehabilitate or demolish any building left…

Dearborn makes it unlawful to keep or maintain a "dangerous building", one with unsafe exits, structural damage…

Detroit's Dangerous Buildings Code lets the Building Official order owners to repair, secure, or demolish structures…

Farmington Hills' anti-blight article, Code Sec. 17-52, bans a list of blighting conditions on residential property…

The City of Flint condemns fire-damaged, structurally unsound or uninhabitable structures as dangerous buildings…

Grand Rapids bars owners from maintaining any structure that is unsafe or a menace to public health or safety, and lets…

Lansing, Michigan (Ingham County) treats any structure meeting Michigan's dangerous-building definition as unsafe under…

Livonia bars leaving a vacant or fire, wind or vandalism-damaged structure unsecured, unlocked and littered with trash…

Keeping a structurally unsound, fire-damaged or vermin-infested building standing in the City of Novi is unlawful…

The City of Pontiac created an Administrative Hearings Bureau under City Code § 22-28.01 to adjudicate blight…

Rochester Hills prohibits keeping or maintaining any dangerous building under Section 18-490, defining ten specific…

The City of Royal Oak can order a fire-damaged, structurally unsound or dilapidated building demolished or repaired as…

In Royal Oak Township, Michigan, it is unlawful for an owner or agent to keep or maintain a dwelling, or part of one…

Sterling Heights, Michigan can declare a building dangerous for structural failure, fire damage, or 180-plus days of…

Troy's code official can declare a structure dangerous or unsafe on ten listed conditions, from fire damage to vacancy…

Warren declares any dangerous building, structure or premise a nuisance that must be abated by repair, maintenance or…

Wayne County, Michigan authorizes its corporation counsel to sue owners of vacant or abandoned nuisance property…

West Bloomfield Township's Sec. 8-236 defines a dangerous or unsafe building by eleven listed defects, from leaning…

Westland orders owners of blighted or dangerous buildings to repair or demolish within 90 days of written notice…

Wyoming, Michigan's property maintenance code lists specific defects, from collapse risk to occupation by trespassers…

Bay County's Nuisance Code makes it illegal to occupy, rent or offer for occupancy any premises with a nuisance…

In the City of Dearborn Heights, City Code Article VII names specific conditions, from stored junk to unlicensed…

Genesee County has no countywide blight ordinance. Property blight, dilapidated structures and junk accumulation are…

The City of Kalamazoo makes it unlawful to keep or maintain any blighted or vacant structure under § 21-30, and § 21-31…

Oakland County itself does not enforce a countywide blight ordinance: that authority sits with its 62 cities, villages…

Under Village Code § 412-28, the Shelby Village Council can declare any lot, building or structure a public nuisance…

Southfield's nuisance chapter treats a fire-, decay- or otherwise damaged building, and any excavation left open for 30…

In residential zones the City of Taylor treats an uninhabitable, storm-damaged structure and an unsecured vacant…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, Sec. 20-178 bars anyone from throwing or depositing litter on any open or vacant…

Warren requires owners of vacant commercial and industrial property to remove weeds and debris, mow the grass, keep…

Westland requires every landowner to prevent noxious weeds from growing on their lot; unchecked growth is declared a…

Ann Arbor's trash-accumulation ban covers every parcel in the city, built or vacant: owners of unimproved lots must…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, premises and exterior property, including vacant lots, must be kept free of…

Owners of unimproved (vacant) lots in Dearborn must cut weeds and vegetation before it reaches six inches or goes to…

The City of Dearborn Heights makes it unlawful for an owner, occupant, or anyone in charge of any lot, including a…

Detroit caps weeds and plant growth on any premises, including vacant lots, at eight inches and bans noxious weeds…

Flint bans weeds, grass, and brush over eight inches tall on vacant and built-up lots citywide, treating overgrowth as…

Grand Rapids prohibits dumping litter on any open or vacant private lot in the city, whether or not you own it, and the…

In the City of Kalamazoo, any lot or parcel, vacant or occupied, that piles up trash, garbage, rubbish or an abandoned…

Lansing requires every property to stay free of weeds and grass over 8 inches tall; violations are declared a nuisance…

Every lot in Livonia, developed or vacant, must be kept free of designated noxious or poisonous weeds like ragweed…

Section 21-17 bars noxious weeds or grass over eight inches on any lot, place, area or parcel in Novi, occupied or…

City of Pontiac law caps weeds, grass and rank vegetation on any parcel, including vacant lots, at an average height of…

Rochester Hills requires vacant buildings, structures and vacant land, including the adjacent right-of-way, to be kept…

Royal Oak's Public Nuisance Ordinance bans dumping litter on any open or vacant private lot in the city, whether or not…

In the City of Southfield, weeds of any kind growing over 12 inches tall count as noxious weeds that landowners must…

Sterling Heights, Michigan requires owners of subdivided or roadside lots in Macomb County to cut noxious weeds before…

Troy requires every vacant structure and every vacant lot to be kept clean, safe, secure and sanitary so it does not…

Owners of vacant, unimproved lots along an improved West Bloomfield street must cut grass and weeds along the…

In Wyoming, Michigan (Kent County), a vacant, unoccupied tract of one acre or more is exempt from the city's lawn and…

Michigan's natural accumulation doctrine generally protects property owners from slip-and-fall liability for snow on…

Owners and occupants of residential property in Taylor must clear more than an inch of snow from the sidewalk within 24…

Westland gives property owners 24 hours to clear or salt sidewalk snow and ice, with city removal and billing for…

Ann Arbor property owners must clear sidewalk snow and ice by set deadlines, noon the same day for most properties, 24…

Battle Creek requires the owner, occupant, tenant or lessee next to a public sidewalk to clear snow by midnight the…

Clinton Township gives property owners 24 hours after a snow or ice event to clear the sidewalk fronting their land…

Dearborn requires every occupant or owner to keep the adjoining sidewalk clear of ice and snow for pedestrian use, with…

Sec. 28-29 makes it unlawful for a Dearborn Heights property owner to let snow or ice pile up on the sidewalk, alley…

Detroit property owners and occupants must clear sidewalk snow and ice within 24 hours of it falling, or apply salt or…

Flint owners and occupants must clear snow, ice or slush from the sidewalk within 24 hours of it falling or forming, or…

Grand Rapids requires owners and occupants to clear ice and snow from abutting public sidewalks within 24 hours, or the…

In the City of Kalamazoo, property owners must clear snow and ice from the abutting public sidewalk within 48 hours of…

Lansing property owners must clear snow and ice from sidewalks abutting their property within 24 hours of it falling…

Livonia requires owners and occupants to clear overnight snow from abutting sidewalks by noon and daytime snowfall by…

In the City of Novi the occupant, or the owner of an unoccupied lot, must clear the adjoining public sidewalk within 48…

City Code § 102-222 requires every owner, tenant or occupant fronting a paved sidewalk in the City of Pontiac to clear…

Rochester Hills gives adjoining property owners 48 hours to clear sidewalk snow and ice under Code Section 94-141(3)…

In the Charter Township of Royal Oak, Michigan, every owner, tenant or occupant of land fronting a paved sidewalk must…

Village Code § 430-26 requires the occupant, or owner if the property is vacant, to clear all snow and ice from…

Southfield City Code § 4.75 requires the occupant, or the owner if the lot sits vacant, of property next to any street…

Sterling Heights property owners must clear snow and ice from abutting public sidewalks within 24 hours of it falling…

Troy requires the occupant or owner of every lot adjoining a street to clear sidewalks of ice and of snow two inches…

Warren occupants and owners must clear the sidewalk fronting their premises of snow and ice within 12 hours of it…

Wyoming, Michigan gives property owners and occupants 24 hours after a snow event to clear the abutting public sidewalk…