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(A) The Township Board hereby confirms the transfer of all powers, duties, and responsibilities provided for zoning boards or zoning commissions by the former Township Zoning Act, Public Act 184 of 1943, M.C.L.A. §§ 125.271, et seq.; the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act, Public Act 110 of 2006, M.C.L.A. §§ 125.3101, et seq.; or other applicable zoning statutes to the Township Planning Commission formerly established under the Township Planning Act, Public Act 168 of 1959, M.C.L.A. §§ 125.321, et seq.
(B) Any existing zoning ordinance shall remain in full force and effect except as otherwise amended or repealed by the Township Board.
(Ord. 121.00, passed 1-13-2009)
To further the desirable future development of the township under the master plan, the Township Board, after the master plan is adopted, shall prepare or cause to be prepared by the Township Supervisor or by a designated nonelected administrative official, a capital improvements program of public structures and improvements, showing those structures and improvements in general order of their priority, for the following 6-year period. The prepared master plan, if prepared by someone other than the Township Board, shall be subject to final approval by the Township Board. The Planning Commission is hereby exempted from preparing a capital improvements plan.
(Ord. 121.00, passed 1-13-2009)
(A) The Planning Commission may recommend to the Township Board provisions of an ordinance or rules governing the subdivision of land. Before recommending such an ordinance or rule, the Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinance or rule. The Planning Commission shall give notice of the time and place of the public hearing not less than 15 days before the hearing by publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the township.
(B) The Planning Commission shall review and make recommendation on a proposed plat before action thereon by the Township Board under the Land Division Act, Public Act 288 of 1967, M.C.L.A. §§ 560.101, et seq. Before making its recommendation, the Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on the proposed plat. A plat submitted to the Planning Commission shall contain the name and address of the proprietor or other person to whom notice of a hearing shall be sent. Not less than 15 days before the date of the hearing, notice of the date, time and place of the hearing shall be sent to that person at that address by mail and shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the township. Similar notice shall be mailed to the owners of land immediately adjoining the proposed platted land.
(Ord. 121.00, passed 1-13-2009)
(A) Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter or shall fail to comply with any of its requirements, or who erect, construct, alter, or repair a structure in violation of an approved plan or directive of the Zoning Administrator, or of a certificate or permit issued under this chapter, shall be guilty of a civil infraction, which is detailed in Chapter 30. Each day a violation occurs shall be deemed a separate offense. The imposition of any sentence shall not exempt the offender from compliance with the requirements of this chapter. A person found to be in violation shall also be subject to such additional sanctions and judicial orders as are authorized under state law. The term PERSON shall be deemed to include partnerships, limited liability companies, corporations, and other legal entities.
(B) Penalties and consequences for violation of § 150.180(C). In addition to any other penalties or legal consequences provided under applicable federal, state and local law, regulations, codes and ordinances:
(1) Violations of the provisions of § 150.180(C) or failure to comply with any of the requirements of § 150.180(C) may be subject to and found responsible for a municipal civil infraction. The forfeiture for any municipal civil infraction shall be $500 plus court costs, attorney fees and abatement costs of each violation, together with all other remedies pursuant to M.C.L.A. § 600.8701, et seq. Each day a violation continues shall be deemed a separate municipal civil infraction.
(2) The owner of record or tenant of any building, structure or premises, or part thereof, and any architect, builder, contractor, agent or person who commits, participates in, assists in or maintains such violation may each be found guilty or responsible of a separate offense and suffer the penalties and forfeitures provided in divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section, except as excluded from responsibility by state law.
(3) In addition to any other remedies, the township may institute proceedings for injunction, mandamus, abatement, or other appropriate remedies to prevent, enjoin, abate, or remove any violations of § 150.180(C). The rights and remedies provided herein are both civil and criminal in nature. The imposition of any fine, jail sentence, or forfeiture shall not exempt the violator from compliance with the provisions of § 150.180(C).
(Am. Ord. 122, passed 5-9-2017)

(Ord. -, Article IX, § 9, passed 9-12-2006)
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