Brandon Twp.- Yet another chapter in the ongoing tale of John Sloan’s township home was told last week.
Debris scattered across the property was cleaned up, say township officials’including automobiles, sheet metal and concrete. Some larger panels of the building still remain on the property that will require heavy equipment to remove.
‘We would have preferred Mr. Sloan completed the house,? said Tim Palulian Brandon Building department director.
After five court cases and six court ordered building extensions spanning about three years, township resident John Sloan’s Legault home was back in court October.
Attorneys for Sloan, whose rather dilapidated, partially constructed township home has sparked the ire of neighbors and locals for more than three years, asked Circuit Court Judge Richard D. Kuhn for a for a 21 day stay from demolition enough time to make an appeal to the Michigan State Court of Appeals.
The request comes after a Sept. 20 vote from the township board to not allow Sloan an extension to complete the construction of his home. The board voted to remove the home.
‘We asked the judge to deny the 21 day relief,? said Palulian.
‘The judge Ok’d the relief but allowed us a chance to go onto the property and clean up some of the debris laying around.?
Cleaning up the surrounding area, of the home, says Palulian is imperative to officials both for safety reasons and to remove the car, sheet metal, and concrete left behind so neighbors no longer have to look at the heaps.
Palulian said that following the last court hearing the township asked Judge Kuhn for a order to have the Quonsent hut removed, the order was denied.