Deferral Application Instructions
Please review the attached application carefully. Obtain the necessary documents for attachments and submit the application with all attachments to Buildings, Safety Engineering and Environmental Department (BSEED) Dangerous Building Division Room 418, Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, Detroit, MI 48226.
The BSEED Dangerous Building Division will forward your request and all attachments for its recommendation to City Council for a decision to defer its previous Order To Demolish, based on Dangerous Building's Division's recommendation. The BSEED Dangerous Building Division will advise you by mail of the decision.
Your request CANNOT be processed unless all questions have been answered and all required documents are attached. Failure to submit this form in its entirety will result in BSEED' S inability to provide a favorable recommendation or delay your request, and could result in the demolition of the property.
Payment of the $134.00 Special Inspection Fee is to determine compliance and will not result in recommendation for deferral unless all other conditions are met. Applicant shall receive notification of BSEED’s recommendation within five (5) business days following the Special Inspection.
Your building was determined to be dangerous. To set aside the Order To Demolish you must remedy this dangerous situation, which may include correcting one or more of the following conditions prior to an inspection by BSEED:
• Open at door or window to invite trespass or exposure to elements;
• Attractive nuisance to children, vagrants, criminals or immoral persons;
• Dilapidated, deteriorated, or damaged to the point of collapse;
• Creating unsanitary or unfit conditions;
• Structurally unsound or unstable.
Effective November, 1998, a building (commercial or residential) could be deemed Dangerous if it is:
• Vacant for 180 days (6 months) or longer,
• Not listed with a real estate broker for sale, lease or rent, and;
• Not maintained on the exterior in accordance with the City’s codes.
After a deferral has been granted, if the owner does not comply with the City’s requirements, the deferral may be rescinded by the City Council at any time and the building may be demolished without further notice.
After a deferral has been granted, if the owner does not comply with the City’s requirements, the deferral may be rescinded by the City Council at any time and the building may be demolished without further notice.