ADOPTING ORDINANCE
Ordinance No. 198
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF AUBURN, MICHIGAN, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of the political subdivision are inadequately arranged and classified and are insufficient in form and substance for the complete preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the municipality and for the proper conduct of its affairs; and
WHEREAS, the Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan empower and authorize the political subdivision to revise, amend, restate, codify and compile any existing ordinances and all new ordinances not heretofore adopted or published and to incorporate such ordinances into one ordinance in book form; and
WHEREAS, the Legislative Authority of the Political Subdivision has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the Political Subdivision of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinance in book form; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for the usual daily operation of the municipality and for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the municipality that this ordinance take effect at an early date.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, MICHIGAN:
Section 1.   The general ordinances of the Political Subdivision as revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the "Code of Ordinances of the City of Auburn, Michigan."
Section 2.   Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following Titles:
         Chapter
         TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
         10.   General Code Construction; General Penalty
         TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
         30.   Officers, Employees and Departments
         31.   Downtown Development Authority
         32.   Planning Commission
         33.   Special Assessments
         34.   Tax and Finance
         35.   Municipal Civil Infractions
         TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
         50.   Garbage and Rubbish
         51.   City Water Utility
         52.   Sewer Rates
         53.   Sewer Use
         TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
         70.   Motor Vehicle Code
         71.   Parking Violations Bureau
         TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
         90.   Animals
         91.   Inoperable Motor Vehicles
         92.   Fire Prevention and Protection; Open Burning
         93.   Parks and Recreation
         94.   Public Nuisances
         95.   Streets and Sidewalks
         TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
         110.   Cable Television
         111.   Peddlers and Solicitors
         112.   Telecommunications Providers
         TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
         130.   Disorderly Conduct
         131.   Litter
         132.   Fireworks
         TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
         150.   General Provisions
         151.   Building Code
         152.   Trailer Coach Parking
         153.   Subdivision Regulations
         154.   Zoning Code
         TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
         Table
         I.   Franchises
         II.   Rezoning
         PARALLEL REFERENCES
         References to Michigan Compiled Laws Annotated
         References to 1991 Code
         References to Resolutions
         References to Ordinances
Section 3.   All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in such Code of Ordinances shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part in such Code; provided, such repeal shall not affect any offense committed or penalty incurred or any right established prior to the effective date of this ordinance, nor shall such repeal affect the provisions of ordinances levying taxes, appropriating money, annexing or detaching territory, establishing franchises, or granting special rights to certain persons, authorizing public improvements, authorizing the issuance of bonds or borrowing of money, authorizing the purchase or sale of real or personal property, granting or accepting easements, plat or dedication of land to public use, vacating or setting the boundaries of streets or other public places; nor shall such repeal affect any other ordinance of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained in or covered by the Code.
Section 4.   Such Code shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the Legislative Authority and the Clerk of the Political Subdivision is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of such Code of Ordinances in the Office of the Clerk.
Section 5.   Such Code shall be in full force and effect as provided in Section 6, and such Code shall be presumptive evidence in all courts and places of the ordinance and all provisions, sections, penalties and regulations therein contained and of the date of passage, and that the same is properly signed, attested, recorded, and approved and that any public hearings and notices thereof as required by law have been given.
Section 6.   This ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the peace, health, safety and general welfare of the people of this municipality, and shall take effect at the earliest date provided by law.
Section 7.   This ordinance shall become effective immediately after the last required publication following adoption. The above ordinance was adopted at a meeting of the Auburn City Commission on the 21st day of October, 2013, and shall be published in the Bay City Democrat and Legal News on or before the 24th day of October, 2013.
YEAS: Machelski, McNally, Hardy, Williams, Charbonneau, Rezmer                                                                                                                                                                                           
NAYS: ___                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
ABSENT: Kilbourn                                                                                                                   
      ORDINANCE DECLARED ADOPTED.
                                 Karen Bellor /s/           
                                 Karen Bellor, City Clerk
                                 City of Auburn
                                 Bay County, Michigan