ADOPTING ORDINANCE

ORDINANCE NO. 84

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE FOR THE VILLAGE OF PINCKNEY, MICHIGAN; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE; PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT OF CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE CODE; AND PROVIDING WHEN SUCH CODE AND THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE

THE VILLAGE OF PINCKNEY ORDAINS:

Section 1.   The Code entitled “Village of Pinckney Code of Ordinances,” published by American Legal Publishing Corporation, consisting of Chapters 1 through 153, each inclusive, is adopted.

Section 2.   All ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on or before May 12, 2008, and not included in the Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein, are repealed.

Section 3.   The repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance that is repealed by this Ordinance.

Section 4.   Unless another penalty is expressly provided, every person convicted of a violation of any provision of the Code or any ordinance, rule or regulation adopted or issued in pursuance thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $500, imprisonment for a period of not more than 90 days, or both; however, unless otherwise provided by law, a person convicted of a violation of any provision of such Code that substantially corresponds to a violation of state law that is a misdemeanor for which the maximum period of imprisonment is 93 days shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500, imprisonment for a term of not more than 93 days, or both. Except as otherwise provided by law or ordinance, with respect to violations of such Code that are continuous with respect to time, each day that the violation continues is a separate offense and with respect to other violations of such Code, each violation constitutes a separate offense. The penalty provided by this section, unless another penalty is expressly provided, shall apply to the amendment of any Code section, whether or not such penalty is reenacted in the amendatory ordinance. In addition to the penalty prescribed above, the village may pursue other remedies such as abatement of nuisances, injunctive relief and revocation of licenses or permits.

Section 5.   Additions or amendments to the Code when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the village to make the same a part of the Code shall be deemed to be incorporated in the Code, so that reference to the Code includes the additions and amendments.

Section 6.   Ordinances adopted after May 12, 2008, that amend or refer to ordinances that have been codified in the Code shall be construed as if they amend or refer to like provisions of the Code.

Section 7.   Savings clause. This Ordinance shall in no manner affect pending litigation, either civil or criminal, founded or growing out of any ordinance, resolution, order or parts thereof, are hereby repealed.

Section 8.   Validity and severability. Should any portion of this Ordinance be found invalid for any reason, such a holding shall not be construed as affecting the validity of the remaining portions of the Ordinance.

Section 9.   Effective date. This Ordinance shall become effective 15 days from its adoption by the Village of Pinckney Village Council and publication.

                                                                                                                                                 Rebecca A. Foster, Village President            Amy M. Salowitz, Village Clerk

   Village Council Member                                             offered the foregoing Ordinance, and moved its adoption. The motion was seconded by Village Council Member                             , and upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:

Rebecca A. Foster, President                                          

Linda E. Lavey, Trustee                                          

Robert MacDonald, Trustee                                          

Kurt W. Mohrmann, Trustee                                          

Thomas F. Pais, Trustee                                          

Bobby J. Stone, Trustee                                          

Barry M. White, Trustee                                          

   The President thereupon declared this Ordinance approved and adopted by the Village Council of the Village of Pinckney this 26th day of January, 2009.

   I hereby certify that the foregoing constitutes a true and complete copy of Ordinance No.        adopted by the Village Council of the Village of Pinckney, County of Livingston, Michigan, at a regular meeting held on January 26, 2009.

                                 Village Clerk