The purpose of this article is to secure the public peace, health
and safety of the residents and property owners of the Township of
Blackman, Jackson County, Michigan, a municipal corporation, 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 article; and to repeal all ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict therewith.
This ordinance shall be known and cited as the "Blackman 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 the Township of Blackman, Jackson
County, Michigan, shall comply with the provisions of the Michigan
Liquor Control Code, being Public Act 58 of 1998, as amended, (MCLA
436.1101 et seq.).
For the purpose of enforcement of said Michigan Liquor Control
Code within said Township, the Public Safety Department shall have
the 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 the
said Township.
The Township Public Safety Department shall inspect not less
than yearly 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. The Township Public Safety 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 within 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.
A. All officers shall carry appropriate cards issued by the Township
Clerk, clearly identifying them as Township public safety officers
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.
B. Officers 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 officer suspects
the same is being thus manufactured, sold, offered for sale, kept
for sale, possessed, or transported. Whenever possible, all inspection
reports shall be made on Liquor Law Enforcement Inspection forms furnished
by the Michigan Liquor Control Commission or on similar forms otherwise
obtained by the Township Public Safety Department.