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| Secord Township Ordinances - Enforcement Officer Ordinance |
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A new Ordinance, establishing the office of Township Ordinance Officer was adopted by the Secord Township Board at their February 22, 2010 meeting. Compliance with this Ordinance will be enforced thirty (30) days the Wednesday, February 24, 2010 publication date in the Gladwin Record and Clarion Newspaper.
An Ordinance to establish the office of Secord Township Ordinance Enforcement Officer; to prescribe the duties of said office; to authorize the Township Board to appoint a person or persons to said office; and to amend any Ordinances of Secord Township which conflict with the provisions hereof. The Township of Secord, County of Gladwin, State of Michigan, ordains the following Ordinance. Section 1: The office of Township of Secord Ordinance Enforcement Officer is hereby established. Section 2: The Board of Trustees of the Township of Secord is hereby authorized to appoint by resolution any person or persons to the office of Ordinance Enforcement Officer for such term or terms as may be designated in said resolution and for such compensation as the Board may determine. The Board may further, by resolution, remove any person from said office, in the discretion of the Board. Section 3: The Ordinance Enforcement Officer(s) is hereby authorized to enforce all ordinances of the Township of Secord, whether heretofore or hereafter enacted, and whether such ordinances superficially designate a different enforcing official or do not designate any particular enforcing officer. Where a particular officer is so designated in any Ordinance that officer’s authority shall continue in full force and effect and shall not be diminished or impaired by the terms of this Ordinance, and the authority of the Ordinance Enforcement Officer(s) shall be in addition and supplementary to the authority granted to such other specific officer. An Ordinance Enforcement Officer(s) shall in the performance of the officer’s duties be subordinate and responsible to the Board. Section 4: The Ordinance Enforcement Officer’s authorities and duties shall include the following: investigation of ordinance violations; issuing and serving ordinance violation notices; issuing and serving appearance tickets as authorized under 1968 Public Act 147, as amended (MCL 764.9c); issuing and serving municipal ordinance violation notices and municipal infraction citations as authorized under 1994 Public Act 12, as it may from time to time be amended (MCL600.8701 et seq.); appearance in court or other judicial quasi-judicial proceedings to assist in the prosecution of ordinance violators; and such other ordinance enforcing duties as may be delegated by the Board, Supervisor or assigned by the Township Attorney. Section 5: The provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable and if any is declared invalid for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction it shall not affect the remainder of the Ordinance that shall continue in full force and effect. Section 6: All Ordinances of the Township of Secord heretofore or hereafter adopted shall be considered to be supplemented by the terms of this Ordinance. Sections 7: This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after publication as required by law following adoption by the Board. Kathie Hart Clerk, Secord Township The above Ordinance No. _____ was adopted at a meeting of the Secord Township Board on the _____ day of _______________, 2010, and published in the Gladwin County Record, a newspaper of general circulation in the Township of Secord on the _____ day of _______________, 2010. Kathie Hart Clerk |