(A) The state’s Vehicle Code may be enforced by any public safety officer or other employee of the city authorized to enforce criminal ordinances or authorized to issue civil infractions.
(B) The penalties provided by the state’s Vehicle Code are adopted by reference, provided, however, that the city may not enforce any provision of the state’s Vehicle Code for which the maximum period of imprisonment is greater than 93 days, except as provided by M.C.L.A. §§ 117.3(k) and 117.4i, which allow the city to adopt § 625(l)(c) of the state’s Vehicle Code, Public Act 300 of 1949, being M.C.L.A. § 257.625, by reference in an adopting ordinance and shall provide that a violation of that ordinance is punishable by one or more of the following:
(1) Community service for not more than 360 hours;
(2) Imprisonment for not more than 180 days; and
(3) A fine of not less than $200 or more than $700.
(C) When any person is found guilty of a misdemeanor or responsible for a civil infraction pursuant to this section, the judge or magistrate shall summarily determine and tax the costs of the action which shall include all expenses, direct and indirect, to which the city has been put in connection with the violation or infraction up to the entry of judgment.
(Ord. effective 12-16-2016)