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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…