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On Aug 15, 7:55*am, Han wrote:
"HeyBub" wrote
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"[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/...tage-remodel-u
nd
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 propert
y,
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.

I only casually read it. It was my impression that the footprint was
going to be expanded. I did with my home, and that was built as recent
as 1929. So, the town likely was in the right, but handled it totally
wrong. I think most of the award was because the owner showed malice on
the part of the town officials.

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Han
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