In the event that the police do not feel that the penalty section is sufficient to protect the public interest, the matter may be directed to the Township Board for consideration of injunctive or other abatement-type action. In such event, the Township Board shall act as a censor board and if the Township Board determines that there has been a violation of this chapter of a type and nature that ought to be immediately abated, it shall have the right to take whatever legal action is available to the Township. It is hereby determined that the Township Board, being all elected officials, are a proper body to make the determination as to whether or not the local community standards as expressed herein have been violated and a crime or a cause of action is appropriate.
In the event that the police can immediately determine that any materials, books, magazines, pamphlets, newspapers, story papers, writing papers, phonograph records, pictures, photographs, motion picture films, figures, images, or wire or tape recordings, of any written, printed or recorded matter, violate this chapter, and the officer making this determination believes that to protect the public interest such enumerated materials should be confiscated, then the Police Department shall have the right to confiscate and secure such materials until such time as the case concerning the violation is concluded and/or a proper order of any court of competent jurisdiction has determined in what manner such materials shall be disposed of.
(Ord. 237. Passed 7-22-74.)