The Bingham Township Board meeting on Monday was unusually well attended as about 10 township residents were in the audience. Most of them took the opportunity to participate in the board’s ongoing discussion in a blight ordinance that would allow the township to address garbage and junk on township properties without waiting for complaints from its neighbors.
As the meeting went on, it became increasingly clear that the meeting attendees – and some of the township officials – had a specific property in mind: a home south of Shady Lane Road near the intersection of M-22. Although the terrain doesn’t offer a very clear view of the property from either road, passing drivers may notice that the lot appears to contain dozens of vehicles, campers, trailers, and assorted items out in its yard.
“We have been trying to improve the situation as best we can without going through a blight ordinance —that’s what we’ve done so far,” Township Supervisor Midge Werner said when one resident asked about this property.