[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and City Council
of the City of Monroe as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Maintenance of fences — See Ch.
210.
Property maintenance — See Ch.
525.
STATUTORY REFERENCES
Fences generally — See MCLA
§§ 43.1 et seq., 43.51 et seq.
Galvanized wire fences — See
MCLA § 290.351 et seq.
Damages for failure to erect or maintain fences — See
MCLA § 433.151.
Malicious destruction of fences — See
MCLA § 750.381 et seq.
[Adopted as Ch. 1474 of the 1995 Codified
Ordinances of Monroe]
[Amended 4-8-1996 by Ord. No. 96-009]
A. The respective owners of all lots within the City
shall construct and maintain partition fences between their own and
the next adjoining lots, at an equal expense to each owner.
B. When two adjoining owners mutually consent to leave
open their adjoining lots, this section shall become inoperative.
A. Complaints charging negligence because of failure
to build, repair or rebuild any partition fence as required by this
chapter shall be in writing and filed with the Building Official.
B. The Building Official shall notify the parties of
the time and place for a hearing and examination of the matter.
C. The Building Official shall make a written decision
based on all of the facts.
D. The written decision of the Building Official shall
be served upon the parties involved.
If the party directed by the Building Official's
decision to build, repair or rebuild the partition fence involved
fails to do so within 20 days following the date thereof, the other
party has the following rights:
A. He or she may proceed to perform the work required
by the decision; and
B. The party in default shall reimburse him or her for
the cost of the work performed.
The party applying to the Building Official
shall reimburse the City for the Building Official's services at the
rate of $100 per day. This reimbursement shall be paid into the City's
general fund.
[Amended 8-12-1996 by Ord. No. 96-018]
Whoever violates any of the provisions of this chapter is responsible for a municipal civil infraction, subject to payment of a civil fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500, plus costs and other sanctions, for each infraction. Repeat offenses shall be subject to increased fines as provided by §
1-27E of the Code of the City of Monroe.