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in full force until repealed or amended by action of the proper authorities.