Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Michigan

grandfather clause

I have a residential property that I would like to sell. It has three rental mobile homes setting on it now. The township that the property is in said that if the property is sold then two of the mobile homes would have to be moved because the property is grand-fathered. The new owner would keep the property as a rental property. We were also told that if one of the mobile homes burnt down that we could not replace it. Is any of this correct?


Asked on 1/07/05, 8:23 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Blake Lipman Law Office of Blake P. Lipman

Re: grandfather clause

It is prpbably correct. Check the local building code or applicable ordinance. The "grandfathering" sounds like the 3 mobile homes are in violation of a local ordinance, but because the mobile homes were on the property prior to the ordinance being enacted, they were allowed to remain. The "grandfathering" will not continue if the property is sold or if the use changes. For more info, please contact my office at (248)851-3171.

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Answered on 1/11/05, 1:11 pm


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