[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Charter Township
of East China as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Employee benefits — See Ch. 36.
[Adopted 2-3-1986 by Ord. No. 149
(Ch. 2-03 of the 1980 Code)]
The office of Ordinance Enforcement Officer for the enforcement of the
Ordinance Code provisions of the Charter Township of East China shall be established.
There is hereby established the office of Ordinance Enforcement Officer
within the Charter Township of East China, St. Clair County, Michigan.
A.
Appointments. The Township Board of the Charter Township
of East China is hereby authorized, by resolution at any regular meeting of
said Board, to appoint any person or persons to the office of Ordinance Enforcement
Officer for such term or terms as may be designated in said resolution.
B.
Removal. Said Board may further, by resolution, remove
any person or persons from said office in the discretion of the Board.
A.
Enforce all Ordinance Code provisions. The Ordinance
Enforcement Officer is hereby authorized to enforce all Ordinance Code provisions
of the Charter Township of East China, whether heretofore or hereafter enacted,
and whether such Ordinance Code provisions specifically designate a different
individual to enforce the same, or do not designate any particular enforcing
officer.
B.
Supplementary to others.
(1)
Specific designated officers. Where a particular officer
is so designated in any such Ordinance Code provision, the authority of the
Ordinance Enforcement Officer to enforce the same shall be in addition to
and supplementary to the authority granted to such other specific officer.
(2)
Township Supervisor. The authority of such Ordinance
Enforcement Officer shall also be in addition to and supplementary to the
Ordinance Code provision enforcing authority vested in the Township Supervisor
by state statute.
C.
Authority of others not affected. The Ordinance Code
provision enforcing authority of the Township Supervisor and the other officers
specifically designated in any Township Ordinance Code chapter shall continue
in full force and effect and shall in no way be diminished or impaired by
the terms of this article.
The Ordinance Code provision enforcement duties herein authorized shall
include, among others, the following:
A.
Investigation of Ordinance Code provision violations;
B.
Serving notice of violations;
D.
Appearance in court or other judicial proceedings to
assist in the prosecution of Ordinance Code provision violators; and
E.
Such other Ordinance Code provision enforcing duties
as may be delegated by the Township Supervisor or assigned by the Township
Attorney.
