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Residents, business owners and church leaders clash with city over code enforcement, towing and nuisance claims
Summary
Several residents, the owner of Motor City Bar and Grill and leaders from Harvest Time Christian Fellowship criticized city enforcement actions and media coverage; they said towing of church vehicles, seizure of equipment and a pending nuisance review of a bar were harming vulnerable residents and small businesses.
Multiple residents and representatives of local organizations used the public-comment period to dispute recent enforcement actions and media coverage involving Motor City Bar and Grill and Harvest Time Christian Fellowship.
Pastor Curtis Ashtosh of Harvest Time Christian Fellowship and other speakers said the church’s food-pantry operations serve thousands monthly and that the city’s property-maintenance unit recently confiscated dumpsters, a refrigerated truck and other equipment…
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