[Adopted 4-18-1995 by Ord. No. 101]
There is hereby established the office of Ordinance Enforcement Officer for the City.
The City Manager is hereby authorized to appoint any person or persons to the office of Ordinance Enforcement Officer for such term or terms as may be necessary, with such appointment to be confirmed by resolution of the City Council, as provided in Section 4.1(b) of the City Charter.
The Ordinance Enforcement Officer is hereby authorized to enforce the Code and all ordinances of the City, whether heretofore or hereinafter enacted, and whether such Code and ordinances specifically designate a different official to enforce the same or do not designate and particular enforcement officer. Where a particular officer is so designated in any such Code or ordinance, the authority of the Ordinance Enforcement Officer to enforce the same shall be in addition and supplementary to the authority granted such other specific officer. The Code and ordinance enforcing authority of other officers specifically designated in any Code or ordinance shall continue in full force and effect and shall in no way be diminished or impaired by the terms of this article.
The Code and ordinance enforcement duties herein authorized shall include among other things the following: investigation of Code and ordinance violations; serving appearance tickets as authorized by Public Act 147 of the Public Acts of 1968, as amended;[1] serving notice of violations; appearance in court and other judicial or quasi judicial proceedings to assist in the prosecution of Code and ordinance violations; serving municipal civil infraction violation notices and municipal civil infraction violation citations as provided in Article I of this chapter; and such other Code and ordinance enforcing duties as may be designated by the City Manager.
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Editor's Note: See MCLA § 764.9a through 764.9e.
The Ordinance Enforcement Officer is hereby declared to be a peace officer under the authority of Michigan Public Act 246 of the Public Acts of 1945, as amended; Act 181 of the Public Acts of 1951, as amended; and Act 50 of the Public Acts of 1919, as amended.