[Amend. No. 18, 8-2-1983]
The City of Holland and its officers shall possess and be vested
with any and all powers, privileges, and immunities, expressed or
implied, which cities and their officers are, or hereafter may be,
permitted to exercise under the constitution and laws of the State
of Michigan, it being the intent of the Charter commission, in framing
this Charter, and of the people of the city, in adopting it, to include
all such powers, privileges, and immunities within the scope of the
powers granted to the City of Holland by the provisions of this Charter.
The city and its officers shall have power to exercise all municipal
powers in the management and control of municipal property and in
the administration of the municipal government, whether such powers
be expressly enumerated or not; to do any act to advance the interests
of the city, the good government and prosperity of the municipality
and its inhabitants, and, through its regularly constituted authority,
to pass and enforce all laws, ordinances, and resolutions relating
to its municipal concerns, subject to the constitution and general
laws of the state and the provisions of this Charter.
In addition to the powers possessed by the City of Holland under
the constitution and general laws of the State of Michigan, and those
set forth throughout and, under proper headings, within this Charter,
the City of Holland shall have power with respect to and may, by ordinance
and other lawful acts of its officers, provide:
(1) Streets, alleys, etc. — use, regulation, etc., generally. For
the use, regulation, improvement, and control of the surface of its
streets, alleys, and public ways, and of the space above and below
them;
(2) Same—Use by others than owner. For the use, by others than
the owner, of property located in streets, alleys, and public places
of the city in the operation of a public utility, subject to any limitations
imposed by state law;
(3) Same—Plan. For a plan of streets and alleys within the city
and for a distance of not more than three miles beyond its limits;
(4) Streams, waters and watercourses. For the use, control, and regulation
of streams, waters, and watercourses within its boundaries, subject
to any limitations imposed by law;
(5) Sabbath observance. For preventing and punishing violations of the
Sabbath day, commonly known as Sunday, and for regulating or forbidding
the conduct of business on that day; provided, that any ordinance
passed by the council to enforce the provisions hereof shall specifically
exempt from its provisions any person who conscientiously believes
that the seventh day of the week ought to be observed as the Sabbath
and who actually refrains from secular business and labor on that
day, provided he disturbs no other person;
(6) Maintaining the peace, etc. For maintaining the peace within the
city, and preventing and punishing the disturbance of any religious
meeting, congregation, or society, or other meeting which is assembled
for any lawful purpose;
(7) Storage and parking of vehicles. For the acquiring, establishment,
operation, extension, and maintenance of facilities for the storage
and parking of vehicles within its corporate limits, including the
fixing and collection of charges for services and use thereof on a
public utility basis, and for such purpose to acquire by gift, purchase,
condemnation, or otherwise, the land necessary therefor;
(8) Docks for pleasure boats, etc. For the acquiring, construction, establishment,
operation, extension, and maintenance of facilities for the docking
of pleasure water crafts or hydroplanes, or both, within its corporate
limits, including the fixing and collection of charges for use thereof,
and, for such purpose or purposes, to acquire by gift, purchase, condemnation,
or otherwise, the land necessary therefor;
(9) Service stations. For regulating, restricting, and limiting the number
and locations of oil and gasoline stations;
(10) Buildings and zoning regulations; setback lines. For establishing
standards to govern the construction, alteration, equipment, or removal
of buildings and structures within the city; the zoning of the city
in the manner and for the purpose permitted by law; and, in any zoning
ordinance passed or effective in the city, or independently thereof,
to regulate and establish the line upon which buildings may be erected
on any street, lane or alley in said city, and to prevent such buildings
being erected nearer the street than such line;
(11) Trades, occupations and amusements. For the regulation of trades,
occupations, and amusements within the city, not inconsistent with
state and federal laws, and to prohibit such trades, occupations,
and amusements as are detrimental to the health, morals, or welfare
of its inhabitants;
(12) Dangerous, offensive, etc., acts, conditions, etc.; nuisances. For
preventing injury or annoyance to the inhabitants of the city from
anything which is dangerous, offensive, or unhealthful, and to prevent
and abate nuisances and punish those occasioning them or neglecting
or refusing to abate, discontinue, or remove the same;
(13) Signs and billboards. For licensing, regulating, restricting, and
limiting the number and locations of advertising signs or displays
and billboards within the city;
(14) Airports and aircraft. For establishing, acquiring, and operating
airports, either within or without its corporate limits, and for regulating
all airports located within its boundaries, and, for the purpose of
promoting and preserving the public peace, safety, and welfare, for
the control and regulation of the use of the air above the city by
aircraft of all types, subject to the limitations imposed by law and
the limitations expressly hereinafter set forth:
A. No city revenues or funds shall be expended for the acquisition,
improvement; maintenance, or operation of an airport, owned by the
city, without voter approval except revenues or funds received from
any of the following sources or any combination thereof;
(i)
Revenues derived by the city from airport operations;
(ii)
State and/or federal funds, grants, or reimbursements designated
specifically for airport use;
(iii) Monies donated or contributed by business, industry,
or the public in general (other than contributions or donations from
the city itself or affiliated city agencies);
B. No airport shall be operated or maintained by the city except pursuant
to a lease or other contractual agreement with a fixed base operator
approved by the city;
C. No acquisition, improvement, or construction of an airport shall
commence, or federal or state grants or monies applied for until legally
enforceable pledges from business, industry, or the public in general
(other than contributions or donations from the city itself or affiliated
city agencies) are received by the city representing the aggregate
city contribution for such acquisition, improvement, or construction;
(15) House trailers. For the prohibition or regulation of the use, occupancy,
sanitation, and parking of house trailers within the city, and the
right of the city to so regulate any house trailer shall not be abrogated
because of any detachment thereof from its wheels or because of placing
it on, or attaching it to the ground by means of any temporary or
permanent foundation, or in any manner whatsoever.
All powers granted to and possessed by the city shall be exercised
as provided in this Charter, by ordinance of the council, or by state
law. Where no procedure is set forth in this Charter for the exercise
of any power granted to or possessed by the city and its officers,
the council may provide a procedure for the exercise thereof by ordinance
or resort may be had to any procedure set forth in any statute of
the State of Michigan which has been enacted for the government of
any political subdivision of the state or for the exercise of such
powers by the state itself.
The city shall have power to join with any governmental unit
or agency, or with any number of combination thereof, by contract
or otherwise as may be permitted by law, to perform jointly, or by
one or more, for or on behalf of the other or others, any power or
duty which is permitted to be so performed by law or which is possessed
or imposed upon the city and each such governmental unit or agency.