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Residents tell Mount Clemens council code enforcement is inconsistent, cite mistaken notices and fees
Summary
Multiple residents used public comment to criticize how the city enforces blight and occupancy rules, recounting alleged mistaken notices, selective enforcement after a lamppost installation, and requests for improved record keeping and administrative response.
At the council’s public-comment period, several residents described what they called inconsistent and mistaken enforcement by city code staff.
Tricia Staley of 430 Esplanade said she and her husband have been treated as if their house were vacant since last July, that the sheriff visited and suggested they did not lawfully reside in the district, and that city records and the assessor’s office had contradictory information. Staley said an affidavit of vacancy costs $170 and a notice of the need for a…
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