8/6/14 - The Genoa Township Board is looking to step up blight enforcement as well as the policing of unsafe structures. The clean-up status of the Suburban Mobile Estates manufactured housing community came up during Monday nightâs meeting. Itâs said to be in very poor disrepair and Supervisor Gary McCririe tells WHMI the township has been proactive and working to address that area for a number of months, maybe as long as a year and provided dumpsters free of charge for those who like to collect things, which was very well received and used. He says for those who didnât take advantage of the opportunity to unload or dispose of their treasures for free, the township will be assisting and offering encouragement as to how to go about doing so and cleaning up some of the blight. It was noted during the meeting that enforcement in general is challenging within these types of neighborhoods since its considered individual, private ownership. McCririe says theyâll be looking to the townshipâs ordinance officer for guidance moving forward, and to make sure that he has all of the tools needed to be effective in doing his job. If there are ordinances not on the books that need to be adopted then McCririe says theyâll proceed with that, which would require public hearings and start at the Planning Commission level. (JM)
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