For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACT. Public Act 236 of 1961, being M.C.L.A. §§ 600.101 et seq., as amended.
AUTHORIZED CITY OFFICIAL. A police officer or other personnel of the city authorized by this chapter or any ordinance or resolution of Council to issue municipal civil infraction citations or municipal civil infraction violation notices.
BUREAU. The City of Negaunee Municipal Ordinance Violations Bureau as established by this chapter.
MUNICIPAL CIVIL INFRACTION. An act or omission that is prohibited by these codified ordinances or any ordinance of the city, but which is not a crime under these codified ordinances or other ordinance, 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, as amended. A MUNICIPAL CIVIL INFRACTION is not a lesser included offense of a violation of these codified ordinances that is a criminal offense.
MUNICIPAL CIVIL INFRACTION ACTION. A civil action in which the defendant is alleged to be responsible for a municipal civil infraction.
MUNICIPAL CIVIL INFRACTION CITATION. A written complaint or notice prepared by an authorized city official, directing a person to appear in court regarding the occurrence or existence of a municipal civil infraction violation by the person cited.
MUNICIPAL CIVIL INFRACTION NOTICE. A written notice prepared by an authorized city official, directing a person to appear at the city’s Municipal Ordinance Violations Bureau and to pay the fine and costs, if any, prescribed for the violation by the schedule of civil fines adopted by the city, as authorized under M.C.L.A. §§ 600.8396 and 600.8707(6) of the Act.
(Prior Code, § 292.01)