(A) Any person or other entity that violates any of the provisions of any ordinance of the Kochville Township Code of Ordinances is responsible for a municipal civil infraction, unless provided otherwise, as defined by Michigan law and subject to a civil fine determined in accordance with the Schedule set forth in division (B) below including the following:
(1) Each day a violation of the ordinance continues to exist after the date of the citation shall subject the violation to an additional fine amount of $5 per day.
(2) Additionally, the violator shall be ordered to pay restitution to the township, which may include all direct and indirect expenses which the township has incurred in connection with the violation
enforcement action for each such citation. In no case, however, shall restitution of less than $9 or more than $500 be ordered each such citation.
(3) A violator of the ordinance shall also be subject to such additional sanctions, remedies, and judicial orders as are authorized under Michigan law.
(B) Schedule.
Violation #
| Civil Infraction Citations
| Kochville Violations Bureau
|
1st violation within a 3-year period | $250 | $95 |
2nd violation within a 3-year period | $250 | $145 |
3rd or subsequent violation within a 3-year period | $500 | $250 |
4th or subsequent violation within a 3-year period | * See below | Request formal hearing (civil infraction issued) |
* The Court shall exercise its discretion in setting the appropriate fine, and shall take into consideration, among other relevant factors, the ongoing, flagrant and/or abusive nature of the violation and the potential for harm to the township's efforts to obtain compliance and eliminate blight, in light of the repeated nature of the offense. | ||