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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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§ 58-98 COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIFICATIONS.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to construct, alter or repair any sidewalk within the limits of any of the public streets or alleys of the city without a permit as required in this division. He shall use material in accordance with the plans, specifications, dimensions and standards furnished by the Director of Public Works.
(1993 Code, § 58-98)
§ 58-99 AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY AND PROPERTY OWNER.
   The City Council may, when requested by any property owner, construct or change any sidewalk upon such terms and conditions as agreed upon by the property owner and the city.
(1993 Code, § 58-99) (Ord. passed 9-14-1998)
§ 58-100 NOTICE TO CONSTRUCT.
   Whenever the Council shall by resolution or otherwise order the construction of any new sidewalk or the repair of any sidewalk, the City Manager shall give notice of such order, in accordance with § 1-15, to the owner or occupant of the land adjacent to and abutting on the street or alley upon which the new sidewalk is to be built or the old sidewalk is to be repaired. Such notice shall be in writing, signed by the Director of Public Works and shall be directed to the owners or occupants of the land adjacent to the sidewalk, advising such owner or occupant of the premises that the city intends to construct or repair the sidewalk.
(1993 Code, § 58-100) (Ord. passed 9-14-1998)
§ 58-101 RESERVED.
(1993 Code, § 58-101)
Editor's note:
   Ord. of 9-14-99(1) repealed § 58-101 in its entirety. Former § 58-101 pertained to construction by the city and derived from the Code of 1979, § 4.72.
§ 58-102 RESERVED.
(1993 Code, § 58-102)
Editor's note:
   Ord. of 9-14-99(1) repealed § 58-102 in its entirety. Former § 58-102 pertained to the maintenance of lien and derived from the Code of 1979, § 4.73.
§§ 58-103 – 58-115 RESERVED.
DIVISION 3. SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL
§ 58-116 CLEARING OF SIDEWALKS.
   (A)   Except as otherwise provided in the establishment of special assessment districts by the City Council for the purpose of snow removal, no person having the care, either as owner or occupant, of any house, building or lot shall permit any snow or ice to remain on any sidewalk in front of any house, building or lot within the City of Charlotte.
   (B)   (1)   Any person who is found to have violated § 58-116(A) shall be deemed responsible for a municipal civil infraction as defined by § 113(1) of the Revised Judicature Act [M.C.L.A. § 600.113(1)] and punished by a civil fine as provided by § 32-6 of this Code.
      (2)   For purposes of this section, a PRIOR OFFENSE means a prior or current resident of the property or prior or current owner of the property for which the current violation applies has had a judgment entered against them for a violation of § 58-116 for that property within the same snow season.
      (3)   For purposes of this section, a SNOW SEASON shall mean from October 1 to April 30 of the following year.
      (4)   To charge a violation as a subsequent offense, the issuing officer shall note on the citation that it is a subsequent offense and all dates of the prior offenses and all of the names of all persons or entities to whom the prior citations were issued that make this a subsequent offense.
      (5)   The Chief of Police is charged with the enforcement of § 58-116 and may for such purpose assign enforcement to limited duty parking and property maintenance officers who shall be authorized to issue and serve citations for municipal civil infractions as provided by § 8707 of the Revised Judicature Act.
(1993 Code, § 58-116) (Ord. passed 6-10-1991; Ord. passed 5-12-2003; Ord. 2009-02, passed 2-23-2009; Ord. 2009-06, passed 10-26-2009; Ord. 2014-03, passed 3-10-2014; Ord. 2017-08, passed 9-25-2017; Ord. 2021-01, passed 3-15-2021)
§ 58-117 TIME LIMITS FOR CLEARING.
   No person shall permit any snow or ice to remain on the sidewalk in front of any house, building or lot occupied by him or, if unoccupied, owned by him longer than 48 hours after the snow or ice has fallen or formed in the area mentioned in § 58-116. When ice is formed on any sidewalk, such owner or occupant shall, within 12 hours after the ice has formed, cause salt, chloride or sand to be strewn on the sidewalk.
(1993 Code, § 58-117) (Ord. 2014-03, passed 3-10-2014)
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