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The City Commission, pursuant to the authority granted by the Open Meetings Act, establish the following procedures to accommodate the absence of any member of the public body due to a statewide or local state of emergency or state of disaster declared pursuant to law by the Governor or this chapter that would risk the personal health or safety of members of the public or the public body if the meeting were held in person: A. Procedures by which the absent member may participate in, and vote on, business before the public body, including, but not limited to, procedures that provide for both of the following: (1) Two-way communication. (2) For each member of the public body attending the meeting remotely, a public announcement at the outset of the meeting ...

When a state of emergency or state of disaster is in effect, the orders, rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter shall supersede all existing ordinances and resolutions which are inconsistent therewith.

In accordance with the act, personnel of the Emergency Management Force while on duty shall have the following rights: A. If they are employees of the municipality, or other governmental agency regardless of where serving, have the powers, duties, rights, privileges, and immunities and receive the compensation incidental to their employment. B. If they are not employees of the municipality, or other governmental agency be entitled to the same rights and immunities as are provided for by law.

A. As provided for in the Act and this chapter, the City, or the agents or representatives of the City, shall not be liable for personal injury or property damage sustained by the Emergency Management Force. In addition, any member of the Emergency Management Force engaged in emergency management activity shall not be liable in a civil action for damages resulting from an act or omission arising out of and in the course of the person's good faith rendering of that activity, unless the person's act or omission was the result of that person's gross negligence or willful misconduct. The right of a person to receive benefits or compensation to which he or she may otherwise be entitled to under the workers' compensation law, any pension law, or act of Congress...

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct, hinder or delay the emergency management personnel or disobey any lawful command, rule or regulation made pursuant to this chapter. B. It shall be unlawful for any person to wear, carry or display any emblem or insignia or other means of identification as a member of the Emergency Management Force, unless authority to do so has been granted to such person by the proper officials. C. A violation of this section is a misdemeanor whose penalty is $500 or 90 days in jail or both.

[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Commission of the City of Kalamazoo as indicated in section histories. Amendments noted where applicable.] CHARTER REFERENCE City boundaries — See § 2. Wards and precincts — See § 3. Nominations and elections — See §§ 30 through 41. GENERAL REFERENCE Voting precinct boundaries — See App. D. STATUTORY REFERENCE Michigan Election Law — See MSA §§ 6.1001 — 6.1992; MCLA §§ 168.1 — 168.992. Election of City officers — See MSA §§ 6.1321 — 6.1327; MCLA §§ 168.321 — 168.327.

[Adm. Code § A301.2; amended 6-4-2018 by Ord. No. 1967 ] Notwithstanding any City Charter language to the contrary, and so as to conform to general Michigan election law, each nominating petition for the offices of Mayor and City Commissioner, to be valid, shall contain the names of not fewer than 50 nor more than 75 qualified electors. No such petition shall be circulated more than 60 days prior to the last day petitions can be filed, and all such petitions shall be filed with the City Clerk no later than 4:00 p.m. on the 15th Tuesday before the municipal election.

[Adm. Code §§ A302, A302.1] A. The number of wards into which the City shall be divided, as provided in § 3(a) of the Charter, is hereby decreased from six wards to one ward, the same to be known and designated as "Ward Number One." B. Ward Number One shall include and consist of the entire area within the limits of the City, and the boundaries of such ward shall be co-equal with the limits of the City as they now exist. If at any time hereafter the limits of the City shall be altered to include more territory or less territory, the boundaries of such ward shall thereupon automatically, and without further action by the City Commission, be altered in like manner and to the same extent so that such ward shall at all times include and consist of the entire ...

[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Commission of the City of Kalamazoo by P&L Code § PL1209. Amendments noted where applicable.] GENERAL REFERENCES Advertising — See Ch. 3 . Signs — See App. A, Ch. 7 . Gasoline and fuel sales — See App. A, § 4.2 .

No gasoline filling station shall be established within the City, whether such station is located on the curb or is what is known as a drive-in station, without first obtaining the permission of the City Commission.

Application for permission to establish a gasoline filling station shall be addressed to the City Commission and filed with the City Clerk, and shall state the location of the proposed filling station and the capacity of the tank or tanks to be used. Such application shall also state, in detail, the plans and specifications of the proposed structure to be used in connection with the filling station, which shall in all respects conform to the building code [1] and all other ordinances of the City. Such plans and specifications and the location of the filling station shall be subject to the approval of the City Commission, and such approval shall be withheld by the Commission, and no permission shall be granted, if, in the opinion of the Commission, it shal...

The City Commission may prescribe reasonable conditions under which any permission shall be granted for the establishment of a gasoline filling station. In case such conditions are imposed by the Commission, the person requesting permission shall, before such permission is granted, sign and execute an agreement, to be filed with the City Clerk, agreeing to abide by and comply with all such conditions.

No advertising signs constructed of wood or any flammable material or of such dimensions as to obstruct the view of traffic, or which shall in any way hinder access to such station, from all directions, by the Department of Public Safety, shall be constructed or allowed to exist on any premises used as a gasoline filling station.

[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Commission of the City of Kalamazoo as indicated in histories. Amendments noted where applicable.] GENERAL REFERENCES Department of Public Safety — See § 2-291 et seq. Buildings and building regulations — See Ch. 9 . Construction Board of Appeals — See § 9-31 et seq. Open fires in connection with building moving or wrecking operations — See § 9-265 . Civil defense — See Ch. 12 . Permission not to be granted for location of filling station in such manner as to constitute a fire hazard — See § 14-2 . Filling station signs not to interfere with access to premises — See § 14-4 . Burning of garbage — See § 17-112. Weeds constituting fire hazard declared to be nuisance — See § 22-3 . Damaging public property generally — See § 22-6 ...

[P&L Code §§ PL221.2; PL403; PL1301.1; PL1301.3; PL1301.4; amended in its entirety 8-19-2019 by Ord. No. 1995 1

No person shall take, transport, convey or carry, either as freight or as hand luggage or baggage, any dynamite, gunpowder, nitroglycerine, fulminate in bulk in dry condition or other explosive substance which explodes by concussion or friction, or any giant powder, gun cotton, kerosene, gasoline, naphtha, benzene, spirits of turpentine or any other explosive, on or in any bus, taxicab or other vehicle used wholly or partially as a public conveyance, within the corporate limits of the City. A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $500, or both.

Any person who shall carelessly, recklessly or negligently, set fire to any hotel, rooming house, lodging house or any place of public abode, or to any bedding, furniture, curtains, drapes or other furnishings therein, so as to endanger life or property in any way, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $500, or both. The proprietor of any such place shall post a written notice of the provisions of this section in a conspicuous place in each sleeping room located in such place.

It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or knowingly raise or circulate any false alarm of fire. A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $500, or both.

It shall be unlawful for any person to wantonly or willfully damage any fire apparatus belonging to the City or any building or other structure used to house such apparatus. A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $500, or both.