ADOPTING ORDINANCE

ORDINANCE 1705

ADOPTING ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR SILVER CREEK TOWNSHIP, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF SILVER CREEK TOWNSHIP DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES.

WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of Silver Creek Township are inadequately arranged and classified and are insufficient in form and substance for the complete preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the municipality and for the proper conduct of its affairs; and

WHEREAS, the Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan empower and authorize Silver Creek Township to revise, amend, restate, codify and compile any existing ordinances and all new ordinances not heretofore adopted or published and to incorporate such ordinances into one ordinance in book form; and

WHEREAS, the Legislative Authority of Silver Creek Township has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of Silver Creek Township ordinances of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinance in book form; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for the usual daily operation of the municipality and for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the municipality that this ordinance take effect at an early date.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OF SILVER CREEK TOWNSHIP THAT;

Section 1.   The general ordinances of the Silver Creek Township as revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the "Silver Creek Township, Michigan Code of Ordinances."

Section 2.   Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following titles:

   Title I: General Provisions

10.    Rides of Construction; General Penalty

   Title III: Administration

30.   Ordinance Violations Bureau

31.   Planning Commission

32.   Township Organization

33.   Sister Lakes Area Sewer Systems

34.   Indian Lake Wastewater Sewer System

   Title V: Public Works

50.   Sister Lakes Area Sewer Systems

51.   Indian Lake Wastewater Sewer Systems

   Title VII: Traffic Code

70.   Traffic Regulations

   Title IX: General Regulations

90.   Boats and Lakes

91.   Health and Sanitation; Nuisances

92.   Outdoor Storage

   Title XI: Business Regulations

Reserved

   Title XIII: General Offenses

Reserved

   Title XV: Land Usage

150.   Mobile Homes

151.   Land Division

152.   Building Codes

153.   Signs

154.   Radio/Telephone, Microwave, City Towers, and Accessory Structures

155.   Zoning

   Table of Special Ordinances

I.    Zoning

II.   Agreements

   Parallel References

References to Michigan Compiled Laws Annotated

Reference to Resolutions

Reference to Ordinances

   Index

Section 3.   All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in such Code of Ordinances shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part in such code; provided, such repeal shall not affect any offense committed or penalty incurred or any right established prior to the effective date of this ordinance, nor shall such repeal affect the provisions of ordinances levying taxes, appropriating money, annexing or detaching territory, establishing franchises, or granting special rights to certain persons, authorizing public improvements, authorizing the issuance of bonds or borrowing of money, authorizing the purchase or sale of real or personal property, granting or accepting easements, plat or dedication of land to public use, vacating or setting the boundaries of streets or other public places; nor shall such repeal affect any other ordinance of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained in or covered by the code.

Section 4.   Such Code shall be in full force and effect as provided in Section 5, and such Code shall be presumptive evidence in all courts and places of the ordinance and all provisions, sections, penalties and regulations therein contained and of the date of passage, and that the same is properly signed, attested, recorded, and approved and that any public hearings and notices thereof as required by law have been given.

Section 5.   This ordinance is declared to be necessary for the immediate preservation of the peace, health, safety and general welfare of the people of this municipality, and shall take effect 30 days after publication.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Legislative Authority of the Silver Creek Township on the 10th day of May 2017.

Motion offered by:   Clerk Barbara Runyon and supported by Supervisor Bill Saunders

Roll call vote:

Yes (5):   Supervisor Bill Saunders, Clerk Barbara Runyon, Treasurer Maureen Kuriata, Trustee Mike Glynn and Trustee Bill Zuhl

No (0):   None.

Absent (0):   None.

Adopted:   May 10, 2017

Published:   May 19, 2017

Effective:   June 18, 2017

CLERK'S CERTIFICATION

I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance 17-05 constitutes a true and complete copy of the ordinance adopted by the Silver Creek Township Board of Trustees, Cass County, State of Michigan, at a regular meeting held on the 10th day of May, 2017.

Date:   May 16, 2017                       \s\  Barbara Runyon               

                           Barbara Runyon, Clerk