(A) A defendant who is found responsible for an ordinance violation designated as a municipal civil infraction, whether by admission or by court determination, is subject to all of the following fines and costs:
(1) A civil fine not less than $25 and not more than $500; and
(2) The judge or magistrate shall summarily tax and determine the costs of the action (which are not limited to the costs taxable in ordinary civil actions) and may include all expenses, direct and indirect, to which the city has been put in connection with the municipal civil infraction, up to the entry of judgment. Expenses include, but are not limited to, time of authorized city official, time of City Attorney, witness and mileage fees and postage. Costs may not be less than $9, or more than $500. Costs shall be payable to the city’s General Fund, except as otherwise provided by law.
(B) In addition to ordering the defendant to pay a civil fine, costs, damages and expenses, the judge or magistrate may issue a writ or order as permitted by M.C.L.A. § 600.8302.
(C) (1) The District Court Judge may establish a schedule of civil fines and costs to be imposed for municipal civil infractions.
(2) The schedule need not include all municipal civil infractions and may exclude a case on the basis of a defendant’s prior record of municipal civil infractions.
(D) A default in the payment of a civil fine, costs or damages or expenses ordered under this chapter, or an installment of the fine, costs or damages or expenses may be collected by a means authorized for the enforcement of a judgment under M.C.L.A. §§ 600.4001 et seq. or M.C.L.A. §§ 600.6001 et seq.
(E) (1) In any citation involving land, buildings or property, the District Court Judge may issue and enforce any judgment, writ or order necessary to enforce the ordinance.
(2) The District Court Judge may enter an order that if the defendant does not comply with the ordinance requirements, judgment, writ or order, the city employees or their agents are authorized to enter onto the land, building or property involved for the purpose of enforcing the ordinance requirements, judgment, writ or order.
(3) The defendant shall be responsible to reimburse the city for all its costs incurred in enforcement as provided by this section.
(F) If the defendant in a municipal civil infraction is determined responsible for a municipal civil infraction, the District Court, in addition to any fine and cost imposed under this chapter, may assess additional costs incurred in compelling the appearance of the defendant, which additional costs shall be returned to the General Fund of the city.
(Prior Code, § 23.5-7) (Ord. 1050, passed 8-17-1998)