Rental Property Owners Ass'n v. City of Grand Rapids

This case presents a facial constitutional challenge to a nuisance abatement ordinance (padlock ordinance) adopted by the Grand Rapids City Commission. Ordinance No. 93-39. The ordinance *249authorizes the commission to declare a property a public nuisance if it is found to be used repeatedly for illegal drugs or prostitution. Further, properties declared to be public nuisances may be padlocked for up to one year and the property owner assessed the costs of abatement.

For the reasons set forth below, we hold that the ordinance is constitutional on its face. Further, we find that the state nuisance…