Code Enforcement and Abatement—Related Costs.
Grand Rapids City Code § 9.6
in effectSec. 9.6. - Code Enforcement and Abatement—Related Costs.
Where the public nuisance conditions that necessitate abatement exist on private or public property, the person or persons committing, creating, permitting or maintaining the public nuisance, and any owner of the private property where the public nuisance conditions exist, shall be liable for all Code enforcement and abatement-related costs incurred by the City in connection with its enforcement of the provisions of this Code regardless of whether the City performs the abatement work, the abatement work is performed by a City contractor or vendor, or the abatement is performed by the person or persons with use, occupancy, care, control, dominion or ownership over the property or others. Costs authorized to be charged under this Code include, but are not limited to, notices, orders, inspections and other actions, including property remediation after the public nuisance abatement.
(Ord. No. 2011-44, § 1, 10-11-11)
Source: City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mi/grand_rapids/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIOLRE_CH151NU_ART1GEPR_S9.6COENABELCOFetched: 11/7/2026