The city has filed a lawsuit calling the site “blighted, illegally occupied, unsafe and/or dangerous as a public nuisance and danger to the safety and welfare of the public.” It seeks a court ruling for the defendant-owners to clean up the property at their own expense, or risk having the city do it for them and possibly seizing the property.
Detroit’s Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department (BSEED) denied the permit to Murray Wikol, head of Can-Am International Trade Crossing, noting a number of problems with the application.
A Core City community is mobilizing to stop the city of Detroit from approving a permit that would allow a concrete crushing facility to be built near a residential area.The proposal, which was heard by the city's Buildings, Safety Engineering and Environmental Department last month, calls for the…