§ 30.04 MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS BUREAU.
   (A)   Establishment. The village hereby establishes a Municipal Ordinance Violations Bureau (the Bureau), as authorized under M.C.L.A. § 600.8396, to accept admissions of responsibility for municipal civil infractions in response to municipal civil infraction violation notices issued and served by authorized village officials, and to collect and retain civil fines and costs as prescribed by this code or any other ordinance and to require abatement of all violations of this code and any ordinance.
   (B)   Location; supervision; employees; rules and regulations. The Bureau shall be located at Village Hall and shall be under the supervision and control of the Village Clerk. The Village Clerk, subject to the approval of Council, shall adopt rules and regulations for the operation of the Bureau and appoint any necessary qualified village employee to administer the Bureau.
   (C)   Disposition of violations. The Bureau may dispose only of municipal civil infraction violations for which a fine has been scheduled and for which a municipal civil infraction violation notice (in contrast to a citation) has been issued. The fact that a fine has been scheduled for a particular violation shall not absolve any person of the responsibility for abatement. Nothing in this section shall prevent or restrict the village from issuing a municipal civil infraction citation for any violation or from prosecuting any violation in a court of competent jurisdiction. No person shall be required to dispose of a municipal civil infraction violation at the Bureau and may have the violation processed before the Tenth District Court. The unwillingness of any person to dispose of any violation at the Bureau shall not prejudice the person or in any way diminish the person’s rights, privileges, and protection accorded by law.
   (D)   Scope of authority. The scope of the Bureau's authority shall be limited to accepting admissions of responsibility for municipal civil infractions and collecting and retaining civil fines and costs and causing the repair and/or corrections cited in the violation, as a result of those admissions. The Bureau shall not accept payment of a fine from any person who denies having committed the offense or who admits responsibility with explanation, and in no event shall the Bureau determine, or attempt to determine, the truth or falsity of any fact or matter relating to an alleged violation.
   (E)   Municipal civil infraction violation notices. In addition to any other information required by this code and any other ordinance, the notice of violation shall indicate the time by which the alleged violator must appear at the Bureau, the methods by which an appearance may be made, the address and telephone number of the Bureau, the hours during which the Bureau is open, the amount of the fine scheduled for the alleged violation, the repair and or corrections to be made to abate the cited violation, and the consequences for failure to appear and pay the required fine within the required time.
   (F)   Appearance; payment of fines and costs. An alleged violator receiving a municipal civil infraction violation notice shall appear at the Bureau and pay the specified fine and costs at or by the time specified for appearance in the municipal civil infraction violation notice. An appearance may be made by mail, in person, or by representation.
   (G)   Appearance; abatement to repair and/or correct. An alleged violator receiving a municipal civil infraction violation notice may appear at the Bureau and admit responsibility to the alleged violation and agree to repair and/or correct the cited violations by the specified time on the violation notice and not be assessed fines or costs.
   (H)   Procedure where admission of responsibility not made or fine not paid. If an authorized village official issues and serves a municipal civil infraction violation notice and if an admission of responsibility is not made and the civil fine and costs, if any, prescribed by the schedule of fines set forth in this chapter for the violation, are not paid at the Bureau, a municipal civil infraction citation may be filed with the Tenth District Court, and a copy of the citation may be served by first-class mail upon the alleged violator at the alleged violator's last known address. The citation filed with the Court does not need to comply in all particulars with the requirements for citations as provided by M.C.L.A. §§ 600.8705 and 600.8709, but shall consist of a sworn complaint containing the allegations stated in the municipal civil infraction violation notice and shall inform the alleged violator how to respond to the citation.
(Ord. 2008-01, passed 6-16-2008) Penalty, see § 30.99