Власти Owosso Township подали иск к владельцу мобильного парка за нарушения строительных норм

OWOSSO TWP. — Owosso Township officials are concerned with conditions at Evergreen Pleasant View Mobile Home Park and have filed suit against the park’s owner, The Argus-Press has learned. An ongoing lawsuit by the township against Evergreen Pleasant Valley, LLC — a Pittsburgh-based company that owns about 25 mobile home trailer parks in the United States, including one in Owosso Township on M-52 — alleges multiple code violations in the park. The Owosso Township park dates to the 1960s and is licensed for 61 lots, according to information provided by the township. The lawsuit was filed March 2025 in Shiawassee County District Court and was discussed at the Owosso Township Board of Trustees’ August meeting. Township Trustee and Building Inspector Dave Chrenka told The Argus-Press that the township is attempting to resolve the situation with Evergreen out of the best interests of the park’s residents. “We never wanted to take them to court because we do not want to put those tenants and residents out of the park and put them in that position,” he said. “We would just like to achieve minimal health, safety and welfare conditions, and things don’t seem to be happening.” The suit, which the Argus-Press reviewed in the court file, accuses Evergreen of violating the township’s Storage of Personal Property and Zoning ordinances and the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC), which is adopted and used by Owosso Township. The township alleges electrical code violations — specifically that Evergreen’s gas and electrical meters are too close to the ground — and that Evergreen has not removed “dead or dying trees” that pose hazards to the residents from an Aug. 24, 2023 storm that damaged several trailers and destroyed one, part of a severe weather system that spawned seven tornadoes across Michigan. Steve Cherin, a Pittsburgh-based attorney representing Evergreen, said via emailed statement to The Argus-Press that maintenance projects, including tree work and the removal of three units and the rehabbing of two units previously found by the township to be uninhabitable, have been completed or are underway. He said Evergreen is working with Consumers Energy to find a “cost-effective way to upgrade the electrical system in the park.” “Overall, Evergreen Pleasant Valley is working with the township and its counsel to resolve the issues raised in the complaint,” Cherin said in the statement. Cherin said Evergreen intends to resolve the matters out-of-court. The next hearing scheduled in the case is slated for Nov. 13 in Shiawassee County District Court.