The City shall not be liable for damages sustained by any person either to his person or property by reason of the negligence of the City, its officers or employees, nor by reason of any defective condition of or obstruction in any public place unless such person shall serve or cause to be served upon the Clerk, within 60 days after the injury resulting in such damages shall have occurred, a notice in writing, which notice shall set forth substantially the time and place of such injury, the manner in which it occurred, the extent of such damages as far as the same has become known, the names and addresses of the witnesses known at the time by the claimant, and a statement that the person sustaining such damages intends to hold the City liable for such damages as may have been sustained by him. Such notice shall also comply with the provisions of Section 8, Chapter XXII, Act No. 283, Public Acts of 1909, as amended.
All City records shall be public and shall be available for inspection at reasonable times.
No lands or premises shall be laid out, divided, and platted into lots, streets, and alleys within the City except by permission and approval of the Council by resolution passed for that purpose; nor until the proprietor shall file with the Clerk a correct survey, plan and map of such ground and subdivisions thereof, platted and subdivided as provided by the Council, and made to its satisfaction; showing also the relative position and location of such lots, streets and alleys with respect to the adjacent lots and streets of the City; nor shall the City by reason of the approval of any such plat be responsible for the improvement, care and repairs of any streets and alleys shown thereon, excepting such of them as the Council shall accept and confirm by ordinance or resolution. No plat shall be approved by the Council wherein the lots and subdivisions thereof are described by metes and bounds.
This Charter may be amended at any time in the manner provided in Act No. 279 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended. Should two or more amendments, adopted at the same election, have conflicting provisions, the one receiving the highest vote shall prevail as to those provisions.
All franchises, ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations of the City which are not inconsistent with this Charter and which are in force on the effective date of this Charter shall continue in full force until repealed or amended by action of the proper authorities.