(A) Nuisance per se. Except as otherwise provided by law, a use of land or a dwelling, building, or structure, including a tent or recreational vehicle, used, erected, altered, razed, or converted in violation of this chapter is declared to be a nuisance per se, and the same shall be ordered abated by the court upon a determination of responsibility for the municipal infraction.
(B) Penalties and enforcement. Any person, firm, or corporation that uses land or uses, erects, alters, razes, or converts a dwelling, building, or structure, including a tent or recreational vehicle, in violation of this chapter, shall, pursuant to Public Act 110 of 2006, being M.C.L.A. §§ 125.3101 through 125.3702, be deemed responsible for a municipal civil infraction. Upon the defendant being determined to be responsible or responsible “with explanation” for a municipal civil fraction, he or she shall pay a civil fine as determined by the court together with costs of the action which may include all expenses, direct and indirect, to which the city has put in connection with the municipal civil infraction, up to the entry of judgment. Costs of not more than $500 shall be ordered.
(C) Separate offense. Each day that a violation of this chapter is continued and permitted to exist shall constitute a separate violation punishable upon an admission or determination of responsibility in the same manner as prescribed herein for the original offense.
(Ord., § 504, passed 6-11-2002; Ord. passed 4-12-2011)