LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Ingham County Circuit Court docket Choose Rosemarie E. Aquilina has ordered operations of Sloan Onondaga Dragway to stop instantly.
The order got here down Thursday in a case in opposition to the race monitor by Onondaga Township resident Rebecca Lindsey.
The monitor on the Sloan Onondaga Dragway. (WLNS)
Within the lawsuit, Lindsey contends the monitor is a nuisance due to the quantity of noise and vibrations it generates. Aquilina agreed.
This isn’t the primary nuisance lawsuit the 1/8 mile drag strip has confronted.
In January, Ingham County Circuit Court docket Choose James Jamo dominated in opposition to township residents Mark and Susan Cooper. In that case, the couple argued the dragway violated Onondaga Township ordinances. Jamo discovered in any other case and declined to concern an injunction in a written resolution issued Feb. 3, 2025.
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This was not the primary time Jamo had evaluated neighbors’ issues in regards to the raceway.
Residents sued the previous house owners in 2013, claiming the dragway was a nuisance. After a prolonged trial, Jamo dominated the dragway was a nuisance. The Michigan Court docket of Appeals upheld that call. That case was formally closed in 2020, a 12 months earlier than Woody Sloan bought the dragway.
Sloan argues in courtroom paperwork and a signed affidavit that he has modified the property to reduce the sound. He argues a 6-foot tall soil berm addressed the noise issues by close by residents by lowering the noise coming from the monitor.
He additionally argues that his discount in raced days additionally minimized the noise compared to the earlier house owners.
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