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(A) Terms used in this code, unless otherwise specifically defined, have the meanings prescribed by the statutes of the state for the same terms.
(B) For the purpose of this code, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CIVIL INFRACTION. An act or omission that is prohibited by this code or any ordinance of the village, but which is not a crime under this code or any other ordinance of the village, and for which civil sanctions, including without limitation, fines, damages, expenses and costs may be ordered, as authorized by Public Act 236 of 1961, being M.C.L.A. §§ 600.8701 through 600.8735, as amended. A municipal CIVIL INFRACTION is not a lesser included offense of any criminal offense in this code.
COMPUTATION OF TIME. The time within which an act is to be done, as provided in this code or in any order issued pursuant to this code, when expressed in days, shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last, except that if the last day is Sunday or a legal holiday it shall be excluded; and when the time is expressed in hours, the whole of Sunday or a legal holiday, from midnight to midnight, shall be excluded.
COUNTY. County of Berrien, Michigan.
JUVENILE. Any person under 17 years of age.
MINOR. A person under 21 years of age.
OFFICER, DEPARTMENT, BOARD AND THE LIKE. Whenever any officer, department, board or other public agency is referred to by title only, the reference shall be construed as if followed by the words “of the Village of Three Oaks, Michigan.” Whenever, by the provisions of this code, any officer of the village is assigned any duty or empowered to perform any act or duty, reference to the officer shall mean and include the officer or his or her deputy or authorized subordinate.
ORDINANCES. The ordinances of the village and all amendments thereto.
PERSON. Any natural individual, firm, trust, partnership, association or corporation. Whenever the word PERSON is used in any section of this code prescribing a penalty or fine, as applied to partnerships or associations, the word includes the partners or members thereof and, as applied to corporations, the word includes officers, agents or employees thereof who are responsible for any violations of the section. The singular includes the plural. The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter genders.
STATE. The term THE STATE or THIS STATE shall be construed to mean the State of Michigan.
The catchlines of the several sections of this code printed in boldface type are intended as mere catchwords to indicate the contents of the sections and shall not be deemed or taken to be the titles of the sections, nor as any part of the sections, nor, unless expressly so provided, shall they be so deemed when any of the sections, including the catchlines, are amended or reenacted. No provision of this code shall be held invalid by reason of deficiency in any catchline or in any heading or title to any chapter, subchapter or division.
Nothing in this code or the ordinance adopting this code shall affect any ordinance not in conflict with or inconsistent with this code:
(A) Promising or guaranteeing the payment of money for the village, authorizing the issuance of any bonds of the village, any evidence of the village’s indebtedness, any contract or obligations assumed by the village;
(B) Containing any administrative provisions of the Village Council;
(C) Granting any right or franchise;
(D) Dedicating, naming, establishing, locating, relocating, opening, paving, widening, vacating and the like, any street or public way in the village;
(E) Making any appropriation;
(F) Levying or imposing taxes;
(G) Establishing or prescribing grades in the village;
(H) Providing for local improvements and assessing taxes therefor;
(I) Dedicating or accepting any plat or subdivision in the village;
(J) Extending or contracting the boundaries of the village;
(K) Prescribing the number, classification or compensation of any village officers or employees;
(L) Prescribing specific parking restrictions, no parking zones, specific speed zones, parking meter zones and specific stop or yield intersections or other traffic ordinances pertaining to specific streets;
(M) Pertaining to re-zoning; and
(N) Any other ordinance, or part thereof, which is not of a general and permanent nature; and all ordinances are hereby recognized as continuing in full force and effect to the same extent as if set out at length in this code. The ordinances are on file in the Village Comptroller’s office.
Any act done, offense committed or right accruing, accrued or acquired, or liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred prior to the time of adoption of this code, shall not be affected by the adoption, but may be enjoyed, asserted, enforced, prosecuted or inflicted as fully and to the same extent as if the adoption had not been effected.
(A) No ordinance or part of any ordinance heretofore repealed shall be considered re-ordained or reenacted by virtue of this code, unless specifically reenacted.
(B) The repeal of any curative or validating ordinances shall not impair or affect any cure or validation already effected thereby.
(A) Amendments to any of the provisions of this code shall be made by amending the provisions by specific reference to the section number of this code in the following language: “That section _____ of the Village of Three Oaks Code, is hereby amended to read as follows:...” The new provisions shall then be set out in full as desired.
(B) If a new section not heretofore existing in the code is to be added, the following language shall be used: “That the Village of Three Oaks Code is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered _____, which section reads as follows:...” The new section shall then be set out in full as desired.
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