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Board of Appeals reverses building official, allows treehouse at 1620 Hill Ridge with conditions
Summary
After a staff recommendation to deny, the Building Board of Appeals granted the homeowner’s appeal for an accessory treehouse at 1620 Hill Ridge Boulevard, subject to conditions including additional supports, flexible electrical conduit, stair anchorage and resubmitted stamped plans.
The Building Board of Appeals voted to reverse a building official’s denial and grant relief for an accessory treehouse at 1620 Hill Ridge Boulevard, with several conditions intended to address structural and electrical safety.
Mike Lemieux, the building official, opened the hearing with a staff report saying the structure was constructed without permits and was found nonprescriptive during an initial site visit on 03/11/25. “The structure was constructed without permits and it was brought to the building department’s attention through a complaint,” Lemieux said, citing sections of the 2015 Michigan Residential Code that he said require engineered review for the elements used. Staff told the board the department could not verify the fasteners’ allowable loads from raw lab data alone and recommended denial without an evaluation report that translates lab…
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