For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BOARD. The Township Board of the Township of Spaulding, the legislating and governing body thereof.
BUILDING INSPECTOR. The duly authorized representative who has been duly appointed by the township to inspect and enforce the building or zoning ordinance of the township, and the officer charged with the responsibility for administration and enforcement of this subchapter.
HEARING OFFICER. A person appointed by the Township Supervisor who shall conduct the hearing and take testimony of the Building Inspector or other officials, the property owner, agent or lessee and other interested persons as to the alleged unsafe and dangerous conditions of the building. Thereafter, the HEARING OFFICER shall render his or her decision, either closing the proceedings or finding the building to be an unsafe and dangerous structure and ordering the building to be demolished or otherwise made safe within a certain period of time.
OWNER. The owner of the freehold of the premises or lesser estate therein, a mortgagee or vendee in possession, an assignee of rents, receiver, executor, trustee, lessee or any other person, firm or corporation directly or indirectly in control of a building, structure or real property, or his or her duly authorized agent.
TOWNSHIP. The Township of Spaulding, Saginaw County, Michigan.
(Prior Code, § 40.002) (Ord. 12-9-75, eff. 1-8-1976)