[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Board of the Township of Denton
at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
A.
The purpose of this chapter is to secure the public peace,
health and safety of the residents and property owners of the Township of
Denton, Roscommon County, Michigan, for the regulation of alcoholic liquor
traffic within said Township through the enforcement of the Michigan Liquor
Control Code of the State of Michigan within said Township; to provide penalties
for the violation of said chapter and to repeal all ordinances and parts of
ordinances in conflict therewith.
B.
This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Denton
Township Liquor Control Ordinance."
All alcoholic liquor traffic, including, among other things, the manufacture,
sale, offer for sale, storage for sale, possession and/or transportation thereof
within Denton Township, Roscommon County, Michigan, shall comply with the
provisions of the Michigan Liquor Control Code of 1998, being Public Act 58
of 1998, as amended (MCLA § 436.1101, et seq.).
A.
For the purpose of the enforcement of said Michigan Liquor
Control Code within said Township, there is hereby established a Liquor Control
Enforcement Department with full power, authority, and duty to see that the
provisions of the code and the rules and regulations of the Michigan Liquor
Control Commission adopted pursuant to the code are enforced within said Township.
B.
Such department shall consist of not less than one member
of the Denton Township Police Department appointed by the Township Board and
such other personnel as the Township Board may, in its discretion, appoint.
The personnel of such department shall be entitled to such compensation as
the Township Board may determine.
C.
Such department or a member thereof shall be available
at all times to investigate complaints received under this chapter and enforce
the provisions hereof.
A.
The Township Liquor Control Enforcement Department shall
inspect, not less than monthly, all liquor establishments licensed under the
Liquor Control Code of the State of Michigan and report the results of all
inspections promptly to the Township Board.
B.
The Township Liquor Control Enforcement Department shall
further promptly investigate all complaints received by it concerning violations
of the Michigan Liquor Control Code or improper operations and practices concerning
alcoholic liquor traffic with the Township and report the same to the Township
Board and, where appropriate under the Michigan Liquor Control Code, to the
Michigan Liquor Control Commission, for appropriate proceedings against the
violator.
C.
All inspectors shall carry appropriate cards issued by
the Township Clerk clearly identifying them as Township Liquor Control Inspectors
and shall present said cards to the owner or manager of every place inspected
by them when making an inspection upon demand for identification by such owner
or manager.
D.
Inspectors shall have the right to inspect any place
in the Township where alcoholic liquor is manufactured, sold, offered for
sale, kept for sale, possessed or transported or where the inspector suspects
the same is being thus manufactured, sold, offered for sale, kept for sale,
possessed or transported.
E.
Whenever possible, all inspection reports shall be made
on liquor law enforcement forms furnished by the Michigan Liquor Control Commission
or on similar forms otherwise obtained by the Township Liquor Control Enforcement
Department.
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter and establishing
the Liquor Control Enforcement Department herein provided for, the Township
Board shall appropriate such sums as will be sufficient to maintain and operate
such Liquor Control Enforcement Department.
A.
Any person, other than persons required to be licensed
under the Michigan Liquor Control Code, who shall violate any of the provisions
of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment
in the county jail for not more than 90 days or by a fine of not more than
$100 or both, in the discretion of the court. Each day that a violation continues
to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
B.
Any licensees who shall violate any of the provisions
of the Michigan Liquor Control Code or any rule or regulation of the Michigan
Liquor Control Commission promulgated thereunder, or who shall violate any
of the provisions of this chapter, and any person who shall prohibit or interfere
with the authorized inspection of a member of the Township Liquor Control
Enforcement Department shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment
in the county jail for not more than 90 days or by a fine of not more than
$100, or both, in the discretion of the court. Each day that a violation continues
to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
C.
It is the intent of the Township Board that the court,
in imposing punishment under the provisions of this chapter, should discriminate
between casual or slight violations and habitual sales of alcoholic liquor
or attempts to commercialize violations of this chapter or any of the rules
or regulations of the Michigan Liquor Control Commission promulgated under
the Michigan Liquor Control Code.
