Sec. 407. Except as otherwise provided by law, a use of land or a dwelling, building, or structure, including a tent or recreational vehicle, used, erected, altered, razed, or converted in violation of a zoning ordinance or regulation adopted under this act is a nuisance per se. The court shall order the nuisance abated, and the owner or agent in charge of the dwelling, building, structure, tent, recreational vehicle, or land is liable for maintaining a nuisance per se. The legislative body shall in the zoning ordinance enacted under this act designate the proper official or officials who shall administer and enforce the zoning ordinance and do 1 of the following for each violation of the zoning ordinance: (a) Impose a penalty for the violation. (b) Designate the violation as a municipal civil infraction and impose a civil fine for the violation. (c) Designate the violation as a blight violation and impose a civil fine or other sanction authorized by law. This subdivision applies only to a city that establishes an administrative hearings bureau pursuant to section 4q of the home rule city act, 1909 PA 279, MCL 117.4q.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.3407
Certain violations as nuisance per se
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Ter Beek v. City of Wyoming (2014)
Most recently applied in Wineries of the Old Mission Peninsula Ass'n v. Twp. of Peninsula, Mich. (July 2022)
2006, Act 110, Eff
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