Please note that I’ve referred to the Local Historic Districts Act (MCL 399.201, et seq) as the LHDA, the Clarkston ordinance (152.01, et seq of the Clarkston Code of Ordinances) as the Clarkston Ordinance, and the HDC charter proposal as the Charter Proposal.
Discussion:
The Charter Proposal prohibits the HDC from affecting owners’ property title by recording documents with the register of deeds. There is no reference to recording deed alterations in the LHDA or the Clarkston Ordinance. This section of the Charter Proposal addresses the HDC’s research into the possibility of adding a deed restriction to all the properties within the historic district – at taxpayer expense.
Notes:
The point of the HDC’s expensive exercise to investigate adding deed restrictions to all properties in the historic district, which would have required paying the legal and filing fees for each property in the district, was to put people on notice that they live in the historic district. There are many less expensive and intrusive ways to do this, including providing material to real estate agents and new residents.
Paid for by Susan Bisio, P.O. Box 1303, Clarkston, MI 48347 with regulated funds.)