(A) Purpose. The township is authorized to recover its reasonable costs of response, arrest and prosecution of ordinance violations and the township desiring to recover such costs, this section has been adopted to permit and establish such costs recoveries.
(B) Applicability. The provisions of this section shall apply to the violation of any township ordinance, including traffic and zoning offenses.
(C) Cost recovery. The township shall have the right to apply to and receive from any court of competent jurisdiction its reasonable costs of response to citation for, arrest for or prosecution of any township ordinance violation. The recovery of such costs may be had in any case, including dismissals upon payment of costs.
(D) Minimum cost recovery. Any violation prosecuted in court, including dismissals by the prosecution, shall carry a minimum cost recovery in the amount of $25 unless otherwise waived by the township.
(Ord. 133, passed 3-8-1999)