(A) Ordinance Enforcement Officer. There is hereby established the office of Ordinance Enforcement Officer within the township.
(Prior Code, § 43.001)
(B) Appointment. The Township Board is hereby authorized, by resolution, at any regular meeting of the Board, to appoint any person or persons to the office of Ordinance Enforcement Officer for such term or terms as may be designated in said resolution. The Board may further, by resolution, remove any person from said office, in the sole discretion of the Board.
(Prior Code, § 43.002)
(C) Enforcement of ordinances. The Ordinance Enforcement Officer is hereby authorized to enforce all ordinances of the township, whether heretofore or hereafter enacted, and whether such ordinances specifically designate a different official to enforce the same or do not designate any particular enforcing officer. Where a particular officer is so designated in any such ordinance, the authority of the Ordinance Enforcement Officer to enforce the same shall be in addition and supplementary to the authority granted to such other specific officer. The Ordinance Enforcement Officer shall also be designated as having the powers of the Zoning Administrator for purposes of zoning ordinance enforcement. The authority of such Ordinance Enforcement Officer shall be in addition and supplementary to the authority vested by the Township Supervisor by statute. The ordinance enforcing authority of the Township Supervisor and the other officers specifically designated in any township ordinance shall continue in full force and effect and shall in no way be diminished or impaired by the terms of this section.
(Prior Code, § 43.003)
(D) Duties. The ordinance enforcement duties herein authorized shall include, among others, the following: investigation of ordinance violations; serving notice of violations; issuing municipal civil infraction citations; serving appearance tickets as authorized under Public Act 175 of 1927, Ch. 4, being M.C.L.A. §§ 764.1 et seq., as amended; appearance in court or other judicial proceedings to assist in the prosecution of ordinance violators; and such other ordinance enforcing duties as may be delegated by the Township Board.
(Prior Code, § 43.004) (Ord. 00-9, passed 12-14-2000)