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Article I
Article II
Article III
Article IV
Article V
Article VI
Article VII
Junk Ordinance
Blighted Structure
Inoperable Motor
Vehicle
Ice-Retardant
Enforcement Officer
Fire & Rescue Charge
Noise Ordinance
Amend Violations
Floating Docks
Zoning Authority
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SECORD TOWNSHIP JUNK ORDINANCE
NO. 2000-01
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AN ORDINANCE TO PREVENT, REDUCE OR ELIMINATE BLIGHT, BLIGHTING' FACTORS,
OR CAUSES OF BLIGHT, WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP, AND TO SECURE THE PUBLIC
HEALTH, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE BY PROHIBITING THE ACCUMULATION OF
TRASH AND JUNK OR EITHER OF THEM ON PREMISES OTHER THAN IN PROPERLY
DESIGNATED SANITARY LANDFILLS OR LICENSED JUNK YARDS, AND TO PROVIDE
PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF SAID ORDINANCE.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE TOWNSHIP ORDAINS:
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SECTION 1. Title
This ordinance shall be known and cited as the Secord Township Junk
Ordinance, regulating junk storage and accumulation in Secord Township.
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SECTION 2. Purpose:
Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to abrogate, affect, or
supersede any applicable state law or county ordinances, regulations, or
authority. It is the purpose of this ordinance to supplement state laws
and to regulate the storage and accumulation of junk in the absence of
regulation by state laws or ordinances.
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SECTION 3. Definitions:
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| (a) |
The terms "Junk" and 'Trash" are used synonymously and each as
herein used shall
include, without limitation, the following: Used articles or used pieces
of: iron, scrap
metal, automobile bodies or parts of machinery or junked or discarded
machinery,
furniture, appliances, used lumber which may be used as a harborage for
rats, ashes,
garbage, industrial by-products or waste, empty cans, food containers,
bottles,
crockery, utensils of any kind, boxes, barrels, and all other articles
customarily
considered trash or junk and which are not housed in a building. |
| (b) |
The term "Private Premises" shall mean any lot or parcel of land
owned or occupied
by a person, whether or not improved with any dwelling, house, building,
or other
structure, whether inhabited or temporarily or continuously uninhabited
or vacant. |
| (c) |
The term "Person" as used herein shall include any person, firm or
corporation.
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SECTION 4. Regulation
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It shall be unlawful for any person to accumulate,
place, or allow or permit the accumulation or placing of trash or junk
on any premises in said township, except in a sanitary landfill licensed
by the State of Michigan, in a junk yard duly licensed by the Township
or in receptacles for not longer than twenty (20) days while awaiting
lawful disposal.
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SECTION 5. Failure to Remedy Prohibited
Condition: Lien.
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Should the owner fail to remedy the condition after
notice as described herein, the Ordinance Enforcement Officer or the
duly authorized representative of the Township of
SECORD may remedy the condition or cause
the same to be done by personnel of the Township or by private
contractor, and the actual cost of remedying the prohibited condition
plus 10% for inspection and overhead and other additional costs in
connection therewith, shall be collected as a special assessment against
the premises as provided in the statutes and shall become a lien against
the property. Levying or collecting such a special assessment shall not
relieve any person offending against this Ordinance from the penalty
prescribed for the violation of same.
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SECTION 6. Violation.
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| (a) |
Any violation of or any failure to comply with the provisions of
this Ordinance shall be deemed a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by
a fine not to exceed $500.00 and/or 90 days in jail. Each day that a
violation of this Ordinance is continued or permitted to exist without
compliance shall constitute a separate offense punishable upon
conviction in the manner prescribed in this Section. The Township may
proceed under Paragraph 5 or 6, or both. |
| (b) |
In addition to any remedies available at law, the township may bring
an action for an injunction or other process against any person to
restrain, prevent or abate any violation of this Ordinance. |
SECTION 7. Severability.
Should any section, clause or provision of this Ordinance be declared by
the courts to be invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of this
Ordinance as a whole or any part declared to be invalid.
SECTIONS. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days from the date of
publication in a newspaper
in general circulation within the Township of SECORD. |
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