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CITY OF CHARLOTTE, MICHIGAN CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHARTER
CHAPTER 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2: ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTERS 3-5: RESERVED
CHAPTER 6: ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS
CHAPTERS 7-9: RESERVED
CHAPTER 10: ANIMALS
CHAPTERS 11 - 13: RESERVED
CHAPTER 14: BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 15: BUSINESSES
CHAPTERS 16 - 17: RESERVED
CHAPTER 18: CABLE COMMUNICATIONS
CHAPTERS 19 - 21: RESERVED
CHAPTER 22: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTERS 23 - 25: RESERVED
CHAPTER 26: RESERVED
CHAPTERS 27 - 29: RESERVED
CHAPTER 30: FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
CHAPTER 31: RESERVED
CHAPTER 32: MUNICIPAL CIVIL INFRACTIONS
CHAPTER 33: RESERVED
CHAPTER 34: OFFENSES
CHAPTERS 35 - 37: RESERVED
CHAPTER 38: PARKS AND RECREATION
CHAPTERS 39 - 41: RESERVED
CHAPTER 42: PLANNING
CHAPTERS 43 - 45: RESERVED
CHAPTER 46: SOLICITORS AND CANVASSERS
CHAPTERS 47 - 49: RESERVED
CHAPTER 50: SOLID WASTE
CHAPTER 51: RESERVED
CHAPTER 52: PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND NUISANCE ABATEMENT
CHAPTER 53: RESERVED
CHAPTER 54: SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
CHAPTERS 55 - 57: RESERVED
CHAPTER 58: STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES
CHAPTERS 59 - 61: RESERVED
CHAPTER 62: SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 63: RESERVED
CHAPTER 64: TAX EXEMPTION
CHAPTER 65: RESERVED
CHAPTER 66: TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
CHAPTER 67: RESERVED
CHAPTER 68: UTILITIES
CHAPTER 69: RESERVED
CHAPTER 70: VEGETATION
CHAPTER 71: RESERVED
CHAPTER 72: MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
CHAPTER 73: RESERVED
CHAPTER 74: VEHICLES FOR HIRE
CHAPTERS 75 - 81: RESERVED
CHAPTER 82: ZONING
PARALLEL REFERENCES
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CHAPTER 3. OFFICERS
SECTION 3.1. CITY OFFICERS.
   (A)   The elective officers of the city are the Mayor, the six Councilmen, and the Municipal Judge.
   (B)   The appointive officers of the city are the City Manager, the Clerk, the Treasurer, the Assessor, the City Attorney, the Police Chief, the Fire Chief, the Health Officer, and members of city boards.
Editor's note:
   The Municipal Court was abolished by M.C.L.A. § 600.9921
SECTION 3.2. ELIGIBILITY FOR ELECTIVE CITY OFFICE.
   (A)   To be eligible for election to a city office, a person shall have been continuously an elector of the city for a period of not less than six months immediately preceding the date of his election. A ward Council member shall be a resident of the ward from which elected or chosen.
   (B)   Notwithstanding any ward residency requirement, the provisions of the amendment to this section shall not apply to those Council members who took office prior to the adoption of this Charter amendment.
(Amended by electors, 11-8-1977; 11-2-2004)
Statutory reference:
   Mandatory that Charter provide for qualifications of officers, see M.C.L.A. § 117.3(d)
SECTION 3.3. PERSONS INELIGIBLE FOR CITY OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT.
   A person who holds or has held elective office with the city shall not be eligible for employment for which compensation is paid by the city, until two years have elapsed following his resignation or the end of the term for which he was elected or appointed or unless approved by a (2/3) vote of the then members of City Council. The city shall not have power to give any official position to one who is in default to the city, nor to a person who has been convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude or of an act involving a violation of an oath of office.
(Amended by electors 11-2-2004)
SECTION 3.4. NOTICE OF ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT.
   The Clerk shall mail to each person elected or appointed, a certificate of election or appointment within five days after the date of election or appointment.
SECTION 3.5. COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS.
   Except for members of the Council, including the Mayor, the compensation of all elective and appointive officers, shall be established by the Council.
Statutory reference:
   Mandatory that Charter provide for compensation of officers, see M.C.L.A. § 117.3(d)
SECTION 3.6. OATH OF OFFICE.
   Every officer of the city, before entering upon his duties, shall take the oath or affirmation required by the Constitution of the State of Michigan. The Council may require designated employees to take such oath before entering upon their employment. Oaths of office shall be filed with the Clerk.
Statutory reference:
   Oath of public officers, see Mich. Const. 1963, Art. XI, § 1
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