On Aug 15, 7:55*am, Han wrote:
"HeyBub" wrote innews:x_qdnZwPRYAdYtXTnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@earthlink. com:

"[Worth Township, Mich] All a homeowner wanted was to remodel his
cottage. Thirteen years later, the work remains undone. But everything
else in this woody lakefront resort in the Thumb has turned upside
down. A series of mistakes by local officials fighting the renovation
led to a nearly $1 million judgment against the township last year.
Lacking adequate insurance, it levied a special assessment against its
3,800 residents last month."

http://detnews.com/article/20110813/...ge-remodel-und
oes-Worth-Township#ixzz1V5x8WCiV

There seem to be 2 diametrically opposed views here. *Homeowner "just
wanted to renovate cottage" and then sell it (sometimes called flipping).
Delipidated etc, but very near Lake Huron. *Had just bought the property,
but had a faulty survey, and more bad luck, delaying renovation. *But,
hear this, the building was too close to the property line, as was found
after construction had started. *Now what to do?? *Apparently, savvy
homeowner went against not so smart small town officials, and won. *And
who gained the most? *Probably the lawyers ...

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Han
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Sounds likd the cottage was very old and was probably built in an
era when it did not violate any ordinances. Around these parts,
anyone who owns such a structure, regardless of when they
bought it, is allowed to renovated it,
as long as they are not changing the existing footprint, square
footage, etc. So, I doubt the town was in the right. The
court agreed.