Fate of Ann Arbor area wedding hall could be determined Thursday

By Nathan Bomey Business news director

Posted on Mon, Mar 26, 2012 : 4:03 p.m.

The Green Oak Township Board of Trustees will meet Thursday to decide the fate of the Barnstormer Entertainment Complex after inspectors determined the wedding hall had violated numerous township codes, flouted permitting requirements and spurned state regulations.

The Barnstormer Entertainment Complex is located on Nine Mile Road.

Nathan Bomey | AnnArbor.com

The board will decide how to act after "Barnstormer general manager Rob Cortis had failed to meet any of the requirements of a mid-December order to address fire-code and safety-code violations at the business," the Livingston Daily Press & Argus reported.

The township is reportedly seeking legal counsel to decide how it can force a resolution of the Barnstormer dispute.

Wedding plans for a number of engaged couples were disrupted in spring 2011 after the township reduced Barnstormer's capacity as a response to the inspectors' report.

The banquet facilities at the 25,000-square-foot building on Nine Mile Road are dangerous and cannot be occupied until extensive renovations are completed, the inspectors said.

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