The owner of Life O'Riley mobile home park in Lansing has had years to bring the property up to code, but the deadline to make those changes passed last month, and now the city is taking action.
"All the structures on the property have no appropriate standing," Lansing Deputy City Attorney Joseph Abood said. "They're defective and they are nuisance properties, so that's what we wanted to bring the attention of the judge today."
A judge decided Monday to grant the city's request to enter the property to analyze it and start making it safe again, something Lansing Planning and Neighborhood Development Director Bob Johnson says is critical. "You have, as an attractive nuisance, youngsters getting in and possibly injuring themselves, and we want to avoid that," Johnson said.
He says if you own anything currently on the property like a trailer or even a stroller, contact the property owner about getting it back as soon as you possible because soon enough, you might not be able to."Come get your property because we're moving forward with correcting the conditions that have persisted for way too long over there," Johnson said.
Lansing will mow the lawn and secure the condemned buildings on the site to make sure no one can get inside them. The city will also conduct an environmental assessment of the land.
