This codification of ordinances shall be known and cited as
the "Code of Ordinances of the City of Corunna, Michigan" or the "Corunna
City Code."
In the construction of this Code and of all ordinances of the
City, the following definitions and rules of construction shall be
observed, unless they are inconsistent with the intent of the Council
or the context clearly requires otherwise:
CHARTER
The Charter of the City of Corunna, Michigan, effective November
16, 1970, and shall include any amendment to such Charter.
CITY
Denotes the municipality of Corunna, Michigan.
CODE or THIS CODE
The Code of Ordinances of the City of Corunna, Michigan, as designated in §
1-1, and as hereinafter modified by amendment, revision and by adoption of new chapters, articles, divisions or sections.
COMPUTATION OF TIME
The time within which an act is to be done, as provided in
this Code or in any order issued pursuant to this Code, when expressed
in days, shall be computed by excluding the first day and including
the last, except that if the last day is a Sunday or a legal holiday
it shall be excluded; and when the time is expressed in hours, the
whole of Sunday or a legal holiday, from midnight to midnight, shall
be excluded.
GENDER
Words denoting the masculine gender shall be deemed to include
the feminine and neuter genders.
GENERAL TERMS
A general term following specific enumeration of terms is
not to be limited to the class enumerated unless expressly so limited.
JOINT AUTHORITY
All words purporting to give joint authority to three or
more public officers or other persons shall be construed as giving
such authority to a majority of such officers or other persons, unless
it is otherwise expressly declared in the ordinance granting the authority.
MCL, MSA
Refer to the Michigan Compiled Laws and Michigan Statutes
Annotated, respectively, as amended.
NUMBER
Words in the singular shall include the plural, and the words
in the plural shall include the singular, where appropriate unless
otherwise necessary.
OFFICER, DEPARTMENT, BOARD, COMMISSION OR OTHER AGENCY
Whenever any officer, department, board, commission or other
agency is referred to by title only, such reference shall be construed
as if followed by the words "of the City of Corunna, Michigan." Whenever,
by the provisions of this Code, any officer, department or other City
agency of the City is assigned any duty or empowered to perform any
act or duty, reference to such officer, department or agency shall
mean and include such officer, department or agency or deputy or authorized
subordinate.
OR; AND
"Or" may be read "and," and "and" may be read "or" if the
sense requires it.
PERSON
Person and its derivatives and the term "whoever" shall includes
a natural person, partnership, association, legal entity or a corporate
body or any body of persons corporate or incorporate. Whenever used
in any clause prescribing and imposing a penalty, the term "person"
or "whoever," as applied to any unincorporated entity, shall mean
the partners or members thereof, and as applied to corporations, the
officers thereof.
SHALL; MAY
Whenever the word "shall" appears in this Code it shall be
considered mandatory and not directory, except as otherwise provided.
"May" is permissive.
TENSE
Words used in the present or past tense include the future
as well as the present and past.
Unless otherwise provided in this Code, or by law or implication
required, the same rules of construction, definition and application
shall govern the interpretation of this Code as those governing the
interpretation of the Public Acts of Michigan.
All provisions of this Code are limited in application to the
territorial boundaries of the municipal corporation although such
provisions may not be so limited specifically.
Headings and catchlines used in this Code other than the chapter,
article, division and section numbers, are employed for reference
purposes only and shall not be deemed a part of the text of any section.
The history notes appearing in
brackets after sections or subsections in this Code are not intended
to have any legal effect, but are merely intended to indicate the
source of matter contained in the section.
Charter references, cross references, state law references,
history notes and editor's notes are by way of explanation only
and should not be deemed a part of the text of any section.
All of the provisions of this chapter, not incompatible with
future legislation, shall apply to ordinances hereafter adopted amending
or supplementing this Code unless otherwise specifically provided.
Each chapter, article, division or section or, whenever divisible,
subsection of this Code is hereby declared to be severable, and the
invalidity of any chapter, article, division, section or divisible
subsection shall not be construed to affect the validity of any other
chapter, article, division, section or subsection of this Code.
Whenever in one section reference is made to another section
of this Code, such reference shall extend and apply to the section
referred to as subsequently amended, revised, recodified or renumbered,
unless the subject matter is changed or materially altered by the
amendment or revision.
Reference to a public office shall be deemed to apply to any
office, officer or employee of the City of Corunna, exercising the
powers, duties or functions contemplated in the provision, irrespective
of any transfer of functions or change in the official title of the
functionary.
Nothing in this Code or the ordinance adopting this Code shall
affect any of the following when not inconsistent with this Code:
(1) Any offense committed or penalty incurred or any right
established prior to the effective date of the Code.
(2) Any ordinance levying taxes.
(3) Any ordinance appropriating money.
(4) Any ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds or
the borrowing of money.
(5) Any ordinance establishing utility rates.
(6) Any ordinance establishing franchises or granting special
rights to certain persons.
(7) Any ordinance authorizing public improvements.
(8) Any ordinance authorizing the purchase or sale of real
or personal property.
(9) Any ordinance annexing or detaching territory.
(10) Any ordinance granting or accepting easements, plats
or dedication of land to public use.
(11) Any ordinance dedicating, naming, establishing, locating,
relocating, opening, paving, widening, vacating, etc., any street
or public way in the City.
(12) Any ordinance establishing or prescribing grades in
the City.
(13) Any ordinance prescribing the number, classification
or compensation of any City officers or employees.
(14) Any ordinance prescribing traffic and parking restrictions
pertaining to specific streets.
(15) Any ordinance pertaining to zoning.
(16) Any other ordinance, or part thereof, which is not
of a general and permanent nature.
All such ordinances are hereby recognized as continuing in full
force and effect to the same extent as if set out at length in this
Code. Such ordinances are on file in the City Clerk's office.
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Whenever any act is prohibited by this Code, by an amendment
thereof or by any rule or regulation adopted thereunder, such prohibition
shall extend to and include the causing, securing, aiding or abetting
of another person to do such act.
It shall be unlawful for any person in the City to change or
amend by additions or deletions any part or portion of this Code,
or to insert or delete pages, or portions thereof, or to alter or
tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the
law of the City of Corunna to be misrepresented thereby.