ARTICLE II. ORDINANCE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER

22-19. Ordinance enforcement officer.

The office of the township ordinance enforcement officer is hereby established.

(Ord. No. 201, § 1, 8-18-2003)

22-20. Appointment.

The township board is hereby authorized to appoint by motion/resolution any person to the office of ordinance enforcement officer for such term as may be designated in said motion/resolution and for such compensation as the board may determine. The board may further, by motion/resolution, remove any person from said office, at the discretion of the board.

(Ord. No. 201, § 2, 8-18-2003)

22-21. Authority.

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 enforcing officer or do not designate any particular enforcing officer. Where a particular officer is so designated in any ordinance, that officer’s authority shall continue in full force and effect and shall not be diminished or impaired by the terms of this article, and the authority of the ordinance enforcement officer shall be in addition and supplementary to the authority granted to such other specific officer. An ordinance enforcement officer shall in the performance of the officer’s duties be subordinate and responsible to the supervisor or such other township board member as the township board may from time to time designate.

(Ord. No. 201, § 3, 8-18-2003)

22-22. Duties.

The ordinance enforcement officer’s duties shall include the following: investigating ordinance violations; issuing and serving ordinance violation notices; issuing and serving appearance tickets as authorized under Public Act No. 147 of 1968 (MCL 764.9c); issuing and serving municipal ordinance violation notices and municipal civil infraction citations as authorized under Public Act No. 12 of 1994 (MCL 600.8701 et seq.); appearing in court or other judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings to assist in the prosecution of ordinance violations; and such other ordinance enforcing duties as may be delegated by the township board, township supervisor or assigned by the township attorney.

(Ord. No. 201, § 4, 8-18-2003)