(A) Except as provided in divisions (E), (F) and (G) below, any person who violates any provision of this chapter, including a person who engages in a commercial activity without a license for the commercial activity from the city, shall be responsible for a municipal civil infraction as defined in Public Act 126 of 1994, amending Public Act 236 of 1961, being M.C.L.A. §§ 600.101 through 600.9939, and shall be subject to a fine of not more than $500. In addition to the fine, the city may, in a municipal civil infraction proceeding, seek from the court an order imposing costs of prosecution, not to exceed $500, and an enforcement order revoking the license and expelling the commercial activity from the airport. Each day this chapter is violated shall be considered as a separate violation.
(B) Officers of the city’s Police Department are hereby designated as the authorized city officials to issue municipal civil infraction citations directing alleged violators of this chapter to appear in court.
(C) A violation of this chapter is hereby declared to be a public nuisance or a nuisance per se and is declared to be detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare.
(D) In addition to enforcing this chapter through the use of a municipal civil infraction proceeding, the city may initiate proceedings in the circuit court to abate or eliminate the nuisance per se or any other violation of this chapter, or may suspend or revoke a commercial activity license as provided in this chapter.
(E) Any person who violates § 95.25 of this chapter shall be responsible for a civil infraction, shall be issued notice of violation pursuant to § 10.99 of this code of ordinances, and shall be subject to all procedures, including the evidentiary presumption, related to parking violations contained in the state’s Motor Vehicle Code, adopted by reference in § 70.01(B) of this code of ordinances.
(F) Any person who violates § 95.31(E) of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $500 and/or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 90 days.
(G) A person who has a commercial activity license and who fails to comply with a written plan that was submitted as part of the license application process or the applicable minimum standards shall not be subject to a municipal civil infraction or misdemeanor penalty pursuant to this section for a violation of the written plan or the applicable minimum standards, but shall be subject to any other remedy provided in this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 2.200) (Ord. 755, passed 2-20-2012)