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Cascade Charter Township, MI
Kent County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Board of the Charter Township of Cascade as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Grass, weeds and noxious vegetation — See Ch. 216.
Junked vehicles — See Ch. 375.
Sale and display of vehicles — See Ch. 380.
[Adopted 5-14-1973 by Ord. No. 2-1973 (Part 67 of the 1991 Compilation of Ordinances)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PERSON
Includes any person, firm or corporation.
TRASH and JUNK
Used synonymously and each as herein used shall include the following: used articles or used pieces of iron, scrap metal, automobile bodies or parts of machinery or junked or discarded machinery, 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.
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 or in a junkyard duly licensed by the Township.
[Amended 10-24-2012 by Ord. No. 7-2012]
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall be responsible for a municipal civil infraction, subject to the penalties in Chapter 40, Article IV, Penalties for Misdemeanors and Municipal Civil Infractions.
[Adopted 8-22-2018 by Ord. No. 8-2018[1]]
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Editor’s Note: This ordinance also repealed former Art. II, Property Maintenance Code, adopted 2-23-2005 by Ord. No. 1-2005.
A certain document designated as the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code, as published by the International Code Council, Inc., is hereby adopted as the Property Maintenance Code for Cascade Charter Township; for the control of buildings and structures as herein provided; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Property Maintenance Code are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set out in this section with additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 299-5 below. Copies of the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code are available for review or purchase at the Building Department, Charter Township of Cascade, 3040 Charlevoix Drive, Suite 175, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546.
The following sections are hereby revised:
Section 101.1. Cascade Charter Township
A. 
Any and all expenses or costs incurred under the provisions of this article for the demolition, removal, repair, boarding up, securing or alteration of any building or structure, or for maintaining the exterior of the building or structure, or grounds adjoining the building or structure, shall be paid by the owner or party in interest in whose name the property appears.
B. 
The owner or party in interest in whose name the property appears upon the last Township tax assessment records shall be notified by the Township of the amount of the cost of either the demolition, making the building safe, or of maintaining the exterior of the building or structure or grounds adjoining the building or structure. The notice shall be provided by first-class mail at the address shown on the records. If the owner or party in interest fails to pay the cost within 30 days after mailing of the notice of the amount of the cost, the Township shall have a lien for the costs incurred by the Township to bring the property into conformance with this article and the code. The lien shall not take effect until notice of the lien has been filed or recorded as provided by law. The lien for the cost shall be collected and treated in the same manner as provided for property tax liens under the General Property Tax Act, Act No. 206 of the Public Acts of 1893, being MCLA §§ 211.1 to 211.157, as amended.
C. 
In addition to other remedies under this article or the code, the Township may bring an action against the owner of the building or structure for the full cost of the demolition, of making the building safe, or of maintaining the exterior of the building or structure or grounds adjoining the building or structure. The Township shall have a lien on the property for the amount of a judgment obtained pursuant to this section. The lien provided for in this section shall not take effect until notice of the lien is filed or recorded as provided by law. A judgment in an action brought pursuant to this section may be enforced against assets of the owner other than the building or structure.