(A) A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Bronson, being marked and designated as the International Property Maintenance Code, 2018 edition as published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as the Property Maintenance Code of the City of Bronson, Branch County, State of Michigan, for regulating and governing the conditions and maintenance of all property, buildings and structures; by providing the standards for supplied utilities and facilities and other physical things and conditions essential to ensure the structures are safe, sanitary and fit for occupation and use; and the condemnation of buildings and structures unfit for human occupancy and use, and the demolition of such existing structures in the City of Bronson as herein provided; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Property Maintenance Code on file in the office of the City of Bronson are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this legislation, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in division (B) of this section.
(B) The following sections are hereby revised:
(1) Section 101.1 Insert: City of Bronson;
(2) Section 103.5 Insert: Fees to be determined by resolution of the City Council;
(3) Section 112.4 Insert: Not less than $100 and not more than $500;
(4) Section 302.4 Insert: Eight inches;
(5) Section 304.14 Insert: From April 1 to November 1;
(6) Section 602.3 Insert: From October 1 to May 1;
(7) Section 602.4 Insert: From October 1 to May 1;
(C) If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this legislation is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this section. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this law, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared unconstitutional.
(D) Nothing in this legislation or in the Property Maintenance Code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding impending in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing, under any act or ordinance hereby repealed as cited in division (C) of this section; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this legislation.
(E) Any violation of this section shall be deemed a civil infraction under the laws of the State of Michigan, and subject to penalties as adopted, from time to time, by the City Council.
(F) The City Clerk is hereby ordered and directed to cause the ordinance codified herein to be published, as required by Michigan law.
(Ord. 178, passed 8-8-2011; Ord. 208, passed 9-10-2018)