Shelby Township Water Damage Restoration

About 74 percent of occupied homes in Shelby Township are owner-occupied (24,237 of 32,636). Renters occupy 8,399 homes.

The 1990s are the largest building decade in Shelby Township, with 7,214 housing units. The 2000s add 5,582 and the 1980s add 5,386.

Shelby Township has 3,166 housing units built from 2010 to 2019 and 529 built since 2020, so new construction is still active.

Only 773 housing units in Shelby Township were built before 1950: 350 from the 1940s and 423 from 1939 or earlier.

Single-family detached houses make up 20,979 of 33,882 housing units in Shelby Township, about 62 percent. Another 3,726 are attached single-family units.

Shelby Township has 1,596 mobile homes and 1,437 units in buildings of 50 or more.

The median home value in Shelby Township is $354,500, the highest of the three Macomb cities in this set. Median gross rent is $1,346.

Shelby Township has 1,246 vacant housing units, 601 of them in the "other vacant" class.

Shelby Township buys its drinking water from the Great Lakes Water Authority. The water comes from Lake Huron and enters the township through 6 meter pit connections.

The township water system has 419.5 miles of water main, 4,686 gate valves and 5,074 fire hydrants, serving 29,977 accounts.

Shelby Township used about 2.68 billion gallons of water in 2023, an average of 7.3 million gallons a day. About 35 percent went to lawn irrigation.

In summer 2020 Shelby Township went over its peak water-use limit with GLWA by as much as 10 percent in July. This forced the township to adopt a mandatory irrigation ordinance.

Shelby Township added a 3.5-million-gallon water reservoir and pump station on 24 Mile Road just west of M-53, built in under 12 months and ready for the 2022 irrigation season.

Shelby Township runs its own water and sanitary sewer service. The DPW maintains over 325 miles of water mains and 175 miles of sanitary sewer mains and bills over 21,000 households quarterly.

The Shelby Township DPW cross connection program lists water-assisted backup sump pumps as a cross connection that needs backflow protection.

Backflow preventers in Shelby Township must be tested on installation, after repair or relocation, and at regular intervals by a licensed ASSE-certified tester hired by the owner.

Shelby Township DPW says the two largest water quality problems in the Clinton River and Lake St. Clair are polluted stormwater runoff and illicit discharges.

In Shelby Township, DTE Energy supplies electricity and Consumers Energy supplies natural gas. For outages residents contact DTE at 800-477-4747.

The township says it is only a liaison for electricity and gas; it governs water and sanitary sewers itself.

Shelby Township DPW and DTE share street lighting upkeep, and DTE crews repair or replace broken streetlights.

On September 12, 2011 a 50-knot thunderstorm wind blew large limbs down along Shelby Road between 23 and 24 Mile roads in Shelby Township.

On June 19, 2024 a 56-knot thunderstorm wind brought down several trees and power lines around Shelby Township.

Shelby Township recorded 6.8 inches of snow in the December 24, 2017 storm.

Shelby Township recorded 5.1 inches of heavy wet snow on March 1, 2018, a storm that left over 100,000 homes and businesses in the Detroit area without power.

Shelby Township recorded 11.0 inches of snow in the November 11, 2019 storm.

Shelby Township says it was the safest community of its size in Macomb County in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.

A house on East Pearson Road near Van Dyke in Shelby Township burned on September 26, 2015 while the family was out. Neighbors broke windows to check that no one was inside.

A house on Mallard Court near 21 Mile and Hayes in Shelby Township burned, and the chief pulled firefighters out because it was too dangerous. The fire started near a rear deck.

Shelby Township Ordinance 292 sets mandatory irrigation rules from May 1 to October 1. Sprinklers on the municipal system run only from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., on even or odd days by address.

Shelby Township belongs to the Water Residential Assistance Program (WRAP), funded by communities served by GLWA, for residents who struggle with water and sewer bills. The number is 586-469-6464.

Since September 1, 2025, Shelby Township building permits are valid for an initial 180 days, and new fee schedules apply.

The Shelby Township Building Department enforces the State of Michigan Building, Electrical, Plumbing and Mechanical Codes. It also enforces ordinances on fences, sidewalks, tree and woodland preservation, and unsafe buildings.

Since July 15, 2025, Shelby Township permits for gas piping, tankless water heaters, generators, pool heaters and tankless boilers need a Gas Pipe and Gas Meter Sizing Worksheet on file before inspection.

The Shelby Township Building Department lists separate permit applications for plumbing, electrical, mechanical, fence and moving a structure, and a Backflow Preventer Test Report Form.

Shelby Township has a five-member Construction Board of Appeals that hears appeals on building-code decisions, taking about two weeks. The Building Department number is 586-731-5969.

Shelby Township Code Enforcement enforces tree and woodland preservation, anti-blight, litter, sidewalk and waste collection rules together with police, fire, building, DPW and parks staff.

The Shelby Township DPW is at 6333 23 Mile Road, between Van Dyke Avenue and Mound Road. The phone is 586-731-5990.

Shelby Township asks residents to call the police non-emergency number, 586-731-2121, for a streetlight outage or a downed power line. For a gas leak, residents call Consumers Energy at 800-477-5050.

Shelby Township Fire Station No. 1, at 6345 23 Mile Road, is the fire department office. The number is 586-731-3476.