CHAPTER VII
MISCELLANEOUS POWER AND DUTIES
OF COUNCIL/RESTRICTIONS ON POWERS
OF COUNCIL
MISCELLANEOUS POWER AND DUTIES
OF COUNCIL/RESTRICTIONS ON POWERS
OF COUNCIL
Through the established departments and agencies of the city government, together with any such department or agencies as may be created under authority of this charter, the Council shall provide for the public peace and health and for the safety of persons and property.
SECTION 7.2 STREETS AND ALLEYS.
Except insofar as limited by State law and the provisions of this charter, the Council shall have the power to establish, vacate, and use, and to patrol and regulate the use of its streets, alleys, bridges and public places whether such public places be located within or without the limits of the City, and space above and beneath them. Such power shall include, but not be limited to, the proper policing and supervision thereof, to the licensing and regulation, or the prohibition of the placing of signs, awnings, awning posts, and other things which are of such nature as to impede or make dangerous the use of sidewalks or streets, of the City; the licensing and regulation of the construction and use of openings of sidewalks and streets and of all vaults, structures, and excavations under the same.
Provided, that when the Council shall deem it advisable to vacate, discontinue or abolish any highway, street, lane, alley or public ground or any part thereof, it shall appoint a time not less than four (4) weeks thereafter when it shall meet and hear objections thereto; notice of such meetings, with a copy of said resolution shall be given in such manner as shall be prescribed by ordinance or resolution. Objections to such proposed action of the Council may be filed with the Clerk in writing, and if such shall be filed, the street, alley or public ground or any part thereof, shall not be vacated or discontinued, except by vote of four (4) of the members of the Council.
The Council shall by ordinance prescribe the terms and conditions upon which licenses may be granted, suspended, or revoked; and may require an exact payment of such reasonable sums for any licenses as it may deem proper. The persons receiving the licenses shall, before the issuing thereof, execute a bond to the City, when required by ordinance, in such sum and with such securities as prescribed by such ordinance, conditioned for the faithful observance of the charter of the City, and the ordinance under which the license is granted.
The Council shall have the power to acquire for the City by purchase, gift, condemnation, lease, construction, or otherwise, either within or without its corporate limits, and either within or without the County of Sanilac, property of every type and nature which may be required for or incidental to the present or future exercise of the purpose, powers and duties of the city government established by this charter, and to maintain, develop, operate, lease and dispose of such property, subject to any restrictions placed thereupon by law or by this charter.
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