[Adopted 2-25-2015 by Ord. No. 317 as Ch. 2, Art. III, Div. 2, of the
2015 Pittsfield Charter Township Code]
There is established the office of Ordinance Enforcement Officer
within the Township.
The Township Board of Trustees is authorized to appoint, by
resolution, at any regular meeting of the Board, any person to the
office of Ordinance Enforcement Officer for such term as may be designated
in the resolution. The Board may further, by resolution, remove any
person from office, in the discretion of the Township Board of Trustees.
The Ordinance Enforcement Officer is authorized to enforce all
ordinances of the Township specified in the appointing resolution,
whether before or hereafter enacted, and whether such ordinances specifically
designate a different official to enforce the ordinance or do not
designate any particular enforcing officer. Where a particular officer
is so designated in any such ordinance, the authority of the Ordinance
Enforcement Officer to enforce the ordinance shall be in addition
and supplementary to the authority granted to such other specific
officer. The ordinance enforcing authority of the Township Supervisor
and the other officers specifically granted by statute or designated
in any Township ordinance shall continue in full force and effect
and shall in no way be diminished or impaired by the terms of this
article.
The ordinance enforcement duties authorized in this article
shall include, among others, the following:
A.
Investigation
of ordinance violations;
B.
Issuing
and serving notice of violations;
C.
Issuing
and serving appearance tickets as authorized under Chapter IV of Public
Act No. 175 of 1927 (MCL 764.1 et seq.);
D.
Issuing
and serving municipal civil infraction violation citations and notices
as authorized by Public Act No. 12 of 1994 (MCL 600.8701 et seq.);
E.
Appearance
in court or other judicial proceedings to assist in the prosecution
of ordinance violators; and
F.
Such
other ordinance enforcing duties as may be delegated by the Township.
