For purposes of this chapter, the words MUNICIPAL CIVIL INFRACTION shall mean an act or omission that is prohibited by an ordinance of the city, but which is not a crime under the particular ordinance involved, and for which civil sanctions, including, without limitation, fines, damages, expenses and costs, may be ordered, as authorized by Chapter 87 of Public Act 236 of 1961, being M.C.L.A. §§ 600.101 et seq., as amended, and Public Act 12-26 of 1994, as amended. A municipal civil infraction is not a lesser included offense of a violation of a city ordinance that is a criminal offense.
(Prior Code, § 1.671) (Ord. effective 9-14-1996)