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Mich. Comp. Laws § 66.1 Ordinance; style; passage; days required to be effective.
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Sec. 1. The style of an ordinance shall be: "The village of ........................ ordains." An ordinance, except as otherwise provided in this act, requires for its passage the concurrence of a majority vote of the members of council. An ordinance shall state its effective dat…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 66.10 Appeals to circuit court; proceedings.
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Sec. 10. A person convicted of a violation of an ordinance of the village in an action commenced by warrant as set forth in section 7 may appeal the judgment to the circuit court for the county in which the village is located, by appeal, and the time for the appeal, the proceedin…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 66.11 Village lockup or holding facility.
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Sec. 11. The council shall have power to provide and maintain a village lockup or holding facility, and may provide for the confinement of persons sentenced to imprisonment or detention under the ordinances of the village. All persons sentenced to confinement and all persons impr…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 66.12 Security for costs; filing by complaining witness; liability.
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Sec. 12. In prosecutions for violations of the ordinances of the village, commenced by a person other than an officer of the village, the court may require the complaining witness to file security for the payment of the costs of the proceedings, in case the defendant is determine…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 66.13 Fines; payment.
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Sec. 13. Except in cases in which a fine is paid to a parking violations bureau or a municipal ordinance violations bureau pursuant to section 8395 or 8396 of the revised judicature act of 1961, Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, being sections 600.8395 and 600.8396 of the M…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 66.14 Suit against collector; failure to pay over fines; larceny.
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Sec. 14. If a person who collects a fine or part of a fine fails to pay over the amount collected pursuant to section 13, the village attorney may sue the person in the name of the village to recover the fine. If the failure to pay over the fine is willful, the person is guilty o…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 66.2 Violation of ordinance; sanction; designation as civil infraction; civil fine; act or omission constituting crime; penalty.
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Sec. 2. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, the council of a village authorized to pass an ordinance may prescribe a sanction for a violation of the ordinance. If a sanction is prescribed, it shall be prescribed in the ordinance. (2) Consistent with any of the following…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 66.2a Recreational trailway; posting ordinance; prohibited operation of vehicle as municipal civil infraction; penalty.
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Sec. 2a. (1) An ordinance regulating a recreational trailway is not effective unless it is posted and maintained near each gate or principal entrance to the trailway. (2) The operation of a vehicle on a recreational trailway at a time, in a place, or in a manner prohibited by an …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 66.3 Record of ordinances; authentication.
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Sec. 3. Upon enactment, each ordinance shall be recorded by the clerk of the council in a book to be called "the record of ordinances," and the president and clerk shall authenticate each ordinance by placing his or her official signature upon the ordinance.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 66.3a Codification of ordinances.
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Sec. 3a. A village may codify, recodify, and continue in code the village's ordinances, in whole or in part, without the necessity of publishing the entire code in full. The ordinance adopting the code and ordinances repealing, amending, continuing, or adding to the code shall be…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 66.4 Publication of ordinance or synopsis; certification; adoption of state statute by reference; penalty.
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Sec. 4. (1) Within 15 days after an ordinance is passed, the clerk shall publish the ordinance or a synopsis of the ordinance in a newspaper circulated in the village. Immediately after the ordinance or synopsis of the ordinance is published, the clerk shall enter in the record o…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 66.6 Violation of ordinance; commencement of prosecution; judicial district; powers of court.
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Sec. 6. (1) an action for violation of an ordinance shall be commenced not more than 2 years after the violation occurs. (2) An action for the violation of an ordinance shall be brought in the district court or municipal court in the judicial district in which the village is loca…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 66.7 Violation of ordinance; civil action to recover penalty; warrant; law governing proceedings.
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Sec. 7. If a penalty is incurred for the violation of an ordinance, and a provision is not made for the imprisonment of the offender upon conviction of the violation, the penalty may be recovered in a civil action. If a corporation incurs a penalty for the violation of an ordinan…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 66.8 Use of county jail; expenses.
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Sec. 8. Every village shall be allowed the use of the jail of the county in which it is located, for the confinement of all persons sentenced to imprisonment under the ordinances of the village, or under any of the provisions of this act; and the sheriff, or other keeper of the j…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 66.9 Sufficient statement of cause; right to trial by jury; selecting and summoning jurors; inhabitant of village as juror; applicability of section to civil infraction.
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Sec. 9. (1) An action for the violation of an ordinance need not state or set forth the ordinance, or the provisions of the ordinance in a complaint, warrant, process, or pleading, but shall recite the ordinance's title or subject and the ordinance's section number. (2) It is a s…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.1 General powers of council.
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Sec. 1. A village subject to this act has, in addition to other powers that are conferred, the general power and authority granted in this chapter. The council of a village subject to this act may enact ordinances relating to the powers described in this section as it considers p…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.10 Sidewalks; failure of abutting owner; assessment; collection.
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Sec. 10. If the owner or occupant of a lot or premises fails to construct or maintain a sidewalk, to keep the sidewalk in repair, to remove the snow, ice, and filth from the sidewalk, or to remove and keep the sidewalk free from obstructions, encroachments, incumbrances, or other…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.11 Sidewalks; regulation of things on, over and under.
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Sec. 11. The council shall have power to regulate and prohibit the placing of signs, awnings, awning posts and other things upon or over sidewalks, and to regulate or prohibit the construction and use of openings in the sidewalks, and of all vaults, structures and excavations und…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.12 Public improvement; powers of council; expenses; assessment.
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Sec. 12. The council may lay out, establish, open, make, widen, extend, straighten, alter, close, vacate, or abolish a highway, street, lane, alley, sidewalk, sewer, drain, water course, bridge, or culvert in the village if the council considers it to be a public improvement, or …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.13 Vacating, discontinuing, or abolishing highway, street, lane, alley, or public ground; resolution; meeting; objections; notice of meeting; filing objection; record.
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Sec. 13. When the council considers it advisable to vacate, discontinue, or abolish a highway, street, lane, alley, or public ground, or a part of a highway, street, lane, alley, or public ground, it shall by resolution declare its intent and appoint a time not less than 4 weeks …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.14 Public highways; survey; vacation resolution, recording, evidence.
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Sec. 14. The council may cause all public streets, alleys, and public grounds to be surveyed, and may determine and establish the boundaries thereof, and cause the surveys and descriptions thereof to be recorded in the office of the clerk in a book of street records, and they sha…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.15 Street grades; conformity with adjacent lands; record, diagram.
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Sec. 15. The council shall have authority to determine and establish the grade of all streets, avenues, alleys and public grounds within the village, and to require improvements and buildings, adjacent to, or abutting upon such streets, alleys or grounds to be made and constructe…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.16 Street or sidewalk grades; change; damage to property owner; payment; assessment.
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Sec. 16. (1) Whenever the grade of any street or sidewalk is established, and improvements are made by the owner or occupant of the adjacent property in conformity to the grade, the grade shall not be changed without compensation to the owner for all damages to the property resul…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.17 Bridges, culverts, and streets; construction, maintenance.
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Sec. 17. The council shall have authority to construct and maintain bridges and culverts where needed; and to grade, pave, curb, gravel, plank, and otherwise improve and repair the highways, streets, lanes, avenues and alleys of the village.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.18 Bridges, streets, and highways; expenses; payment; tax levy; “paving” defined.
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Sec. 18. The expense of constructing and maintaining bridges, and the whole, or such part as the council shall determine, of the expense of improving and working upon the streets and highways, including grading, paving, and graveling, may be paid from the general highway fund, to…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.19 Bridges, streets, and highways; principles of tax apportionment.
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Sec. 19. Assessments made under section 18 upon exempt public lands may be paid from the general highway fund, or may be apportioned to the other assessable lots, at the option of the council. If because of the shape or size of any lot an assessment thereon in proportion to its f…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.1a Locomotives; enforceability of ordinance prescribing maximum speed limit.
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Sec. 1a. Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, on and after the effective date of a passenger railroad maximum speed limit specified in a final order of the director of the state transportation department, an ordinance of a village prescribing the maximum speed limit o…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.1a[1] Powers and immunities of village.
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Sec. 1a. (1) Unless otherwise provided or limited in this chapter, the village is vested with all powers and immunities, expressed or implied, that villages are, or hereafter may be, permitted to exercise under the constitution and laws of the state of Michigan. The enumeration o…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.2 Licenses; issuance; revocation; sanctions; support of poor.
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Sec. 2. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the council may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which a license is granted and may require payment of a reasonable and proper amount for a license. The person receiving the license shall, if required by the coun…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.20 Obstructions, encroachments; removal; offenders, punishment.
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Sec. 20. The council shall have the power to prohibit and prevent obstructions and incumbrances in and encroachments upon the public highways, streets, and alleys of the village, and remove the same; and to punish those who shall obstruct, encumber, encroach or maintain any encro…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.21 Trees in highways; street lighting.
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Sec. 21. The council may provide for and regulate the planting of shade and ornamental trees in public highways, streets and avenues of the village, and for the protection thereof, and the trimming of all trees in or that overhang such highway, streets, or avenues, or which obstr…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.22 Public streets; excavation, regulation.
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Sec. 22. The council may regulate the making of all openings in and removals of earth from public streets, for the laying or repair of sewers, drains, tunnels, gas pipes, water pipes, or for any other purpose; and may prohibit and prevent all such openings and removals of earth e…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.23 Public streets; regulations; enforcement; council; powers.
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Sec. 23. The council may regulate the use of public highways, streets, avenues, and alleys of the village, subject to the right of travel and passage therein. The council may prescribe the stands for all vehicles kept for hire, or used for the transportation of persons or propert…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.24 Sewers, drains, watercourses; construction; condemnation.
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Sec. 24. The council of any village may establish, construct, and maintain sewers, drains, and watercourses whenever and wherever necessary. These improvements shall be of such dimensions and materials, and under such regulations as the council considers proper for the drainage o…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.25 Sewers, drains, and watercourses; expense of construction; methods of payment.
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Sec. 25. The expense of constructing sewers, drains, and watercourses may be paid by general tax upon the taxable property in the village; or the expenses may be defrayed by special assessment upon the lands and premises benefited in proportion to the benefits resulting to each l…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.26 Sewers, drains, watercourses; special assessment; map of sewer district; contents; filing with cost estimate; hearing; notice; special assessments.
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Sec. 26. (1) Before proceeding to the construction of any sewer, drain, or watercourse, all or part of the expense of which is to be defrayed by special assessment, the council shall cause a map to be made of those lands and premises which in their opinion will be benefited and w…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.29 Private drains; construction, regulation; work at private expense.
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Sec. 29. Whenever the council shall deem it necessary for the public health, they may require the owners and occupants of lots and premises to construct private drains therefrom to connect with some public sewer or drain, and thereby to drain such lots and premises; and to keep s…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.3 Animal pound.
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Sec. 3. The council may maintain an animal pound and provide for all of the following: (a) The impoundment of animals at large contrary to the terms of an ordinance. (b) The destruction of animals not retrieved or for their sale to recover expenses. (c) The payment by the owner o…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.30 Private drains; connection with public sewers.
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Sec. 30. The owners and occupants of lots and premises shall have the right to connect the same, at their own expense, by means of private drains, with the public sewers and drains, under such rules and regulations as the council shall prescribe.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.31 Private drains; connection to public sewers; charge; collection.
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Sec. 31. The council may charge and collect annually from persons whose premises are connected by private drains with the public sewers, a reasonable sum in proportion to the amount of drainage through the private drain. The charge shall be a lien upon the premises, and may be co…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.33 Sewers, ditches, water systems, and watercourses; repair expense.
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Sec. 33. The expenses of repairing public sanitary sewers, drains, ditches, storm water systems, water supply systems, and watercourses may be paid by general tax. The expenses of reconstructing these improvements may be defrayed in the manner prescribed in this chapter for payin…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.34 Public sewers and drain ordinances.
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Sec. 34. The council may enact ordinances necessary for the protection and control of the public sanitary sewers, drains, ditches, storm water systems, water supply systems, and watercourses, and to carry into effect the powers conferred in this chapter in respect to the drainage…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.35 Public wharves, piers and levees; construction, regulation, leasing of privileges.
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Sec. 35. The council of any village located upon or adjacent to any of the navigable waters of the state shall have the power to establish, construct, maintain, and control public wharves, docks, piers, landing places, and levees, upon any lands or property belonging to or under …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.36 Public wharves; conformity with grade; line limit.
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Sec. 36. The council shall have authority also to require and cause all docks, wharves and landings, whether upon public grounds or upon the property of private individuals, to be constructed and maintained in conformity with such grade as may be established therefor by the counc…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.37 Public wharves; rates and charges.
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Sec. 37. The council shall have authority to prohibit the encumbering of the public wharves and landings, and to regulate the use of all wharves, docks and landing places within the village; to regulate the use and location of wharf-boats; and to regulate and prescribe the rates …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.38 Preservation of purity of water; regulation of navigable waters; duties of council.
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Sec. 38. The council may do all of the following: (a) Provide by ordinance for the preservation of the purity of the waters of any harbor, river, or other waters within the village. (b) Control and regulate the anchorage, moorage, and management of all boats, watercraft, and floa…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.39 Harbor master; appointment; duties; compensation.
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Sec. 39. The president may nominate and the council may appoint a harbor master. The harbor master shall enforce all such ordinances and regulations as the council may lawfully enact and prescribe in respect to and over the navigable waters, harbors, wharves, docks, landings, and…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.4 Acquisition, purchase, and erection of public buildings; purchase, appropriation, and ownership of real estate; purposes; sale of buildings, grounds, or parks.
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Sec. 4. A village may acquire, purchase, and erect public buildings required for the use of the village, and may purchase, appropriate, and own real estate necessary for public grounds, parks, markets, public buildings, and other purposes necessary or convenient for the public go…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.40 Ferry licenses; terms and restrictions; sanctions.
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Sec. 40. The council of a village may regulate and license ferries from the village, or a place in the village; require the payment of a reasonable sum for a ferry license; impose reasonable terms and restrictions, in relation to the keeping and management of ferries and the time…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.41 Markets; establishment; regulation.
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Sec. 41. The council of any village may establish and regulate markets and marketplaces, for the sale of meats, fish, vegetables, and other food products and prescribe rules and regulations relating to hours of business, sanitation, traffic, and other matters normally incidental …