Description

The lessor (owner) for this property is:
Jasmine McMorris, Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Property & Investment, Inc.
10709 Morang Drive
Detroit MI 48224
(313) 647-0930
McMorris has signed a rental contract in the past few days with new tenants at this address in violation of the following codes:
Sec. 9-1-36(a) The following buildings and structures shall be required to have a certificate of compliance issued by the buildings and safety engineering department: (2) One- and two-family dwellings, or any part of a residential structure, which are occupied by persons pursuant to an oral or written rental contract or lease agreement for monetary compensation. (d) It shall be unlawful to occupy or use a building, premises, or structure required to have a certificate of compliance under this article, or cause same to be occupied, without the required certificate of compliance for the building, premises, or structure. Upon the issuance of a blight violation notice and a finding that the building, premises, or structure is unsatisfactory for human habitation, the director of the buildings and safety engineering department or public health director may order such building, premises, or structure vacated.
Sec. 9-1-82 (b) It shall be unlawful for a rental property required to be registered pursuant to section 9-1-81 of the 1984 Detroit City Code to be occupied without a certificate of compliance issued by the buildings and safety engineering department in accordance with section 9-1-36 of the 1984 Detroit City Code. (d) It shall be unlawful for a rental property, as defined by section 9-1-3 of the 1984 Detroit City Code, on which the original construction was completed prior to January 1, 1978 and required to be registered pursuant to Section 9-1-81 of the 1984 Detroit City Code, to be occupied without a lead-clearance report being obtained and provided to the Buildings and Safety Engineering Department in accordance with Division 3, Subdivision B, of this article.