[Adopted 5-14-1973 by Ord. No. 2-1973 (Part 67 of the 1991
Compilation of Ordinances)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
PERSON
Includes any person, firm or corporation.
TRASH and JUNK
Used synonymously and each as herein used shall include the
following: used articles or used pieces of iron, scrap metal, automobile
bodies or parts of machinery or junked or discarded machinery, used
lumber which may be used as a harborage for rats, ashes, garbage,
industrial by-products or waste, empty cans, food containers, bottles,
crockery, utensils of any kind, boxes, barrels, and all other articles
customarily considered trash or junk and which are not housed in a
building.
It shall be unlawful for any person to accumulate, place, or
allow or permit the accumulation or placing of trash or junk on any
premises in said Township, except in a sanitary landfill licensed
by the State of Michigan or in a junkyard duly licensed by the Township.
[Amended 10-24-2012 by Ord. No. 7-2012]
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall be responsible for a municipal civil infraction, subject to the penalties in Chapter
40, Article
IV, Penalties for Misdemeanors and Municipal Civil Infractions.
[Adopted 8-22-2018 by Ord. No. 8-2018]
A certain document designated as the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code, as published by the International Code Council, Inc., is hereby adopted as the Property Maintenance Code for Cascade Charter Township; for the control of buildings and structures as herein provided; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Property Maintenance Code are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set out in this section with additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in §
299-5 below. Copies of the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code are available for review or purchase at the Building Department, Charter Township of Cascade, 3040 Charlevoix Drive, Suite 175, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546.
The following sections are hereby revised:
Section 101.1. Cascade Charter Township
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