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Residents press Dearborn Heights council on blight enforcement and school-crossing delays; MDOT says crosswalk on schedule for September
Summary
Several residents urged the council to strengthen ordinance enforcement, raise fines and speed compliance after recurring blight and property-maintenance problems. Parents also pressed the council for a delayed school-crossing project that city staff said is being managed by MDOT and SEMCOG and is scheduled to be let for construction in September.
Multiple residents used the Aug. 26 public-comment period to push the Dearborn Heights City Council to act on persistent blight, slow code enforcement and delayed school-safety improvements.
Roger (last name on file) and Janet Duncan described continuing problems with neighboring properties — overgrown grass, junk vehicles and alleged vermin — and asked why citations repeatedly result only in fines that do not compel property owners to remedy violations. Roger read correspondence from the ordinance department that said repeat offenders have sometimes been ordered to pay compliance fines and the case closed. “So are we still just allowing people to pay a fine and not…
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