[Adopted 2-20-2020 by Ord. No. 119-2020]
Pursuant to MCLA § 41.186, the Township of Buchanan ("Township") adopts by reference the Buchanan Township Code of Ordinances (the "Code") as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code and consisting of Chapters
1 through
300, which constitutes a complete codification of the ordinances of the Township of Buchanan.
This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after publication.
A copy of the Code in loose-leaf form shall be filed in the
office of the Township Clerk for use and examination by the public
during normal business hours.
Any and all additions, amendments or supplements to the Code
shall be deemed to be incorporated into such Code so that reference
to the "Code of the Township of Buchanan" shall be understood and
intended to include such additions and amendments. Whenever such additions,
amendments or supplements to the Code shall be adopted, they shall
thereafter be printed and, as provided hereunder, inserted in the
loose-leaf book containing said Code, as amendments and supplements
thereto.
Within 30 days of the adoption of this ordinance, the Clerk
of the Township shall publish a true copy of this ordinance or a summary
of this ordinance in a newspaper of general circulation in the Township.
It shall be the duty of the Clerk or someone authorized and
directed by the Clerk to keep up-to-date the certified copy of the
book containing the Code required to be filed in his or her office
for the use of the public. All changes in said Code and all ordinances
adopted subsequent to the effective date of this codification shall,
when finally adopted, be included therein by reference until such
changes or new ordinances are printed as supplements to said Code
book, at which time such supplements shall be inserted therein.
Copies of the Code, or any chapter or portion of it, may be
purchased from the Clerk, or an authorized agent of the Clerk, upon
the payment of a fee to be set by the Township Board of Trustees,
or may be furnished electronically. The Clerk may also arrange for
procedures for the periodic supplementation of the Code.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance or the Code is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional,
such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of
the remaining portions of this ordinance or the Code.