The AuTrain Township Board supposedly sent information to the MTA so they could get a response concerning the transient rentals in the 16 Mile Lake area.The information sent to the Michigan Township Association was incomplete. The information that was given was inaccurate with some direct falsehoods for bad measure. I am not surprised. If all the pertinent information were to be given to the MTA, the response would be very different. Garbage in garbage out.
One of the responses by he Michigan Township Association lawyer was that the Zoning Administrator has the authority to interpret the township zoning ordinances. This is true as stated in the Michigan Township Zoning Act. As a matter of fact AuTrain Township Zoning Administrator Bill Rantz interpreted the Zoning Ordinance by issuing notices to the people illegally using their homes on Sixteen Mile Lake as transient rentals.The AuTrain Township Board made a motion to prosecute Dennis Gramm for illegally using his home as a transient rental. The case was dropped by township attorney kirt harmon, but not by any direction from the AuTrain Township Board. That's right folks, the board never made a motion to drop this case against Dennis Gramm. Who is running our township government?
